Operands
- *
- specifies that all the lines from the current line to the end
of the file are sorted.
- num
- specifies that the lines from the current line for the value
of num are sorted.
- A
- specifies that the lines are sorted in ascending order. (This
is the default.)
- D
- specifies that the lines are sorted in descending order.
- fromcol
- specifies that the lines are sorted on data beginning in this
column. If you do not specify fromcol tocol, sorting begins
at the first column.
- tocol
- specifies that the lines are sorted on data ending in this column.