Sorting on a specific field

Lines are sorted character by character, starting at the first character in the line. You can also sort the contents of a file on a specific part of each line.

Each line of text is a series of fields - words and other characters - separated from each other by a delimiter character - the spaces between the words.

• Changing the field delimiter
• Defining the sort field
• Sorting on several fields
• Sorting on a specific part of a field

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