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Get sorted with sort at the command line

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If you've ever used a spreadsheet application, then you know that rows can be sorted by the contents of a column. For instance, if you have a list of expenses, you might want to sort them by date or by ascending price or by category, and so on. If you're comfortable using a terminal, you may not want to have to use a big office application just to sort text data. And that's exactly what the sort command is for. read more

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