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Answer 1

+1 A:

If you type sort - the command will accept input from stdin. Then you can just paste whatever you want into the console and type CTRL-D to sort it.

Justin Ethier 2010-03-12 17:52:48

Excellent!I think that is undocumented in my man page. I've just found out that I can use it with --files0-from=- too

Iker Jimenez 2010-03-12 17:56:04

Yeah, its not in my manpage either. But - is a standard UNIX convention to use stdin as input. Most standard UNIX programs will recognize it as well.

Justin Ethier 2010-03-12 17:57:24

It's probably not explicitly documented for `sort` because it works for all sorts of UNIX utilities that operate on streams.

ezod 2010-03-12 17:57:36

good thing to know. Thanks guys.

Iker Jimenez 2010-03-12 18:01:22

Answer 2

+1 A:

Easy, just type sort (or sort -) to run on stdin, paste your lines, and hit CTRL+D for end-of-transmission to sort.

ezod 2010-03-12 17:53:55

OK, so sort without params works too. Thanks. I really think the man page could be improved...

Iker Jimenez 2010-03-12 17:58:54

Answer 3

+1 A:

 xclip -o | sort -

Sorpigal 2010-03-12 18:12:52

+1! But xclip is a 3rd party tool.

ezod 2010-03-12 18:43:36

Sad but true. Sometimes third party tools are the right way to go.

Sorpigal 2010-03-12 19:13:29

UNIX sort: Sorting something from the clipboard