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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Sort Command Post 44624 by google on Tuesday 9th of December 2003 07:27:27 AM
Old 12-09-2003
from the man pages
man sort

+POS1 [-POS2]
Specify a field within each line to use as a sort-
ing key. The field consists of the portion of the
line starting at POS1 and up to (but not including)
POS2 (or to the end of the line if POS2 is not
given). The fields and character positions are
numbered starting with 0.

-k POS1[,POS2]
An alternate syntax for specifying sorting keys.
The fields and character positions are numbered
starting with 1.

A position has the form f.c, where f is the number of the
field to use and c is the number of the first character
from the beginning of the field (for +pos) or from the end
of the previous field (for -pos). The .c part of a posi-
tion may be omitted in which case it is taken to be the
first character in the field. If the -b option has been
given, the .c part of a field specification is counted
from the first nonblank character of the field (for +pos)
or from the first nonblank character following the previ-
ous field (for -pos).

A +pos or -pos argument may also have any of the option
letters Mbdfinr appended to it, in which case the global
ordering options are not used for that particular field.
The -b option may be independently attached to either or
both of the +pos and -pos parts of a field specification,
and if it is inherited from the global options it will be
attached to both. If a -n or -M option is used, thus
implying a -b option, the -b option is taken to apply to
both the +pos and the -pos parts of a key specification.
Keys may span multiple fields.
 

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Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult(3)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult(3)

NAME
Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult - Server Side Sort (SSS) result control object SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP::Control::Sort; use Net::LDAP::Constant qw(LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT); use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_name); $sort = Net::LDAP::Control::Sort->new( order => "cn -age" ); $mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $sort ]); ($resp) = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT ); if ($resp) { if ($resp->result) { my $attr = $resp->attr; print "Problem sorting, ",ldap_error_name($resp->result); print " ($attr)" if $attr; print " "; } else { print "Results are sorted "; } } else { print "Server does not support sorting "; } DESCRIPTION
"Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult" is a sub-class of Net::LDAP::Control. It provides a class for manipulating the LDAP sort request control 1.2.840.113556.1.4.474 as defined in RFC-2891 A sort result control will be returned by the server in response to a search with a Server Side Sort control. If a sort result control is not returned then the user may assume that the server does not support sorting and the results are not sorted. CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
attr If "result" indicates that there was a problem with sorting and that problem was due to one of the attributes specified in the sort control. "attr" is set to the name of the attribute causing the problem. result This is the result code that describes if the sort operation was successful. If will be one of the result codes describes below. METHODS
As with Net::LDAP::Control each constructor argument described above is also available as a method on the object which will return the current value for the attribute if called without an argument, and set a new value for the attribute if called with an argument. RESULT CODES
Possible results from a sort request are listed below. See Net::LDAP::Constant for a definition of each. LDAP_SUCCESS LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_REQUIRED LDAP_ADMIN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS LDAP_BUSY LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM LDAP_OTHER SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control::Sort, Net::LDAP::Control, http://ww.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2891.txt AUTHOR
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list <perl-ldap@perl.org> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.18.2 2013-07-21 Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult(3)
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