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Rewrite the description of how sorting works by default, in particular avoiding the nebulous word "lexicographically" and clarifiying that characters are ordered according to ascii(7). Polish a few nearby wordings for conciseness and readability. OK pascal@ jmc@
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.\" $OpenBSD: sort.1,v 1.68 2025/03/28 14:35:50 schwarze Exp $
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.\" $OpenBSD: sort.1,v 1.69 2025/04/01 00:18:28 schwarze Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" @(#)sort.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.Dd $Mdocdate: March 28 2025 $
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.Dd $Mdocdate: April 1 2025 $
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.Dt SORT 1
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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utility sorts text and binary files by lines.
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utility sorts the lines of text or binary files.
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A line is a record separated from the subsequent record by a
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newline (default) or NUL
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A record can contain any printable or unprintable characters.
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Comparisons are based on one or more sort keys extracted from
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each line of input, and are performed lexicographically,
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according to the specified command-line options
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that can tune the actual sorting behavior.
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By default, if keys are not given,
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each line according to the specified command line options.
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By default,
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uses entire lines for comparison.
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uses entire lines for comparison and sorts in
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.Xr ascii 7
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order.
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.Ar file