The input file (file.in), specified as a positional parameter (no keyword), will be sorted in descending order on the entire contents of each row. As a side-note, the default key for a sort, if none is specified, is the entire row in ASCending order. Since we want descending in this example we must specify the key and not take the default.
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The input file (file.in), specified as a positional parameter (no keyword), will be sorted in descending order on the entire contents of each row. As a side-note, the default key for a sort, if none is specified, is the entire row in ASCending order. Since we want descending in this example we must specify the key and not take the default.