Avery Dennison 6035 Programmer Manual Rev.A 7/98 - Manual (Page 166)

3-108 ROM-DOS 6.22 User Manual 7/9/98
S O R T
External
Purpose
Sorts a text file and displays the output to the standard device.
Syntax
SORT [/options] [filename]
Remarks
SORT normally starts its comparisons at the first character in a line.
The input to SORT may come from a file or it may be piped in from
another filter or a DOS command.
Options
/+n causes SORT to begin its alphabetical sorting starting at the n th
position in the string.
/r causes SORT to sort in the reverse alphabetical order.
Examples
SORT NAMES.LST
Sorts the file NAMES.LST and displays the output to the screen.
DIR | SORT /+14 | MORE
Produces a directory and then sorts the directory by file size (the file
size in a directory display starts on the 14th position each line or
string). The output display is shown one screen at a time by directing
the output from SORT into the display utility MORE.