Sort text lines alphabetically

on the command line
with the free Swiss File Knife for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

- download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
- open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
- OS X : type mv sfk-mac-i686.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
- Linux: type mv sfk-linux.exe sfk    and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk ... +sort

sort text lines, case insensitive by default.
requires a previous command producing text output.

options
   -case        case sensitive text comparison
   -rev[erse]   reverse sorting order

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-sort

examples
   sfk filter csv.txt +sort
      print sorted contents of csv.txt
   sfk filter csv.txt +sort +view
      shows output with the dview GUI tool

sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's,
no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for
windows, linux and mac are included).