Sort human-readable sizes

bash

sort -h sizes.txt

Explanation

Great for commands like `du -h` and capacity reports.

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Default lexicographic sort.

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Invert the output order.

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Order lines by numeric value.

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Sort on the second whitespace-separated column.

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Return sorted unique lines.

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Count occurrences of adjacent duplicate lines.

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