Fortunately, Linux has a great equivalent command: sort. Like cut and awk, you can specify a delimiter and field by number, although the flags use different letters.

But, if you're new to the Linux command line, there are several commands that make your life easier that you may not stumble upon automatically. In this article, I cover the basics of two commands ...

Linux provides a lot of handy commands for manipulating text files. This post explains how to use a collection of them.

Whenever you have a text file of any kind with uniform delimiters, you can sort the data on any particular column with the sort command.

Getting started with Linux can be more than a little daunting. In this article we help you learn the commands needed to find your way around and teach you how to find out more on your own.