order

Sorts lines by the token at a given position. If every value at that position looks like a number, lines are sorted numerically; otherwise, they’re sorted alphabetically.

Usage

order [position] [-r | --reverse]

• position — which space-separated token to sort by (default: 0).

• -r, --reverse — sort in descending order instead of ascending.

Example

$ cat words.txt | length | order | head

Sorts words by length, shortest first. Add -r to see the longest words first instead.