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-b, --ignore-leading-blanks    ignore leading blanks
-d, --dictionary-order         consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters
-f, --ignore-case              fold lower case to upper case characters
-g, --general-numeric-sort     compare according to general numerical value
-i, --ignore-nonprinting       consider only printable characters
-M, --month-sort               compare (unknown) < `JAN' < ... < `DEC'
-n, --numeric-sort             compare according to string numerical value
-r, --reverse                  reverse the result of comparisons
-c, --check                    check whether input is sorted; do not sort
-k, --key=POS1[,POS2]          start a key at POS1, end it at POS2 (origin 1)
-m, --merge                    merge already sorted files; do not sort
-o, --output=FILE              write result to FILE instead of standard output
-s, --stable                   stabilize sort by disabling last-resort comparison
-S, --buffer-size=SIZE         use SIZE for main memory buffer
-t, --field-separator=SEP      use SEP instead of non-blank to blank transition
-T, --temporary-directory=DIR  use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp;
-u, --unique                   with -c, check for strict ordering;
-z, --zero-terminated          end lines with 0 byte, not newline