PSORT(1) General Commands Manual PSORT(1)
NAME
psort - sort primitives in metafile as requested
SYNOPSIS
psort [ +/-x ][ +/-y ][ +/-X ][ +/-Y ] file ..
DESCRIPTION
Psort reads each metafile file in sequence and sorts primitives between globals according to the option specification. Lower case options
mean the corresponding minimum, upper case indicates the maximum value. A '+' before the option means sort in order of increasing values,
'-' means decreasing. The order the options appear on the command line is the order in which the extrema are examined. For example, the
options -Y +x would mean "sort on decreasing ymax, then increasing xmin values".
If no input files are specified, the standard input is read.
EXAMPLE
To sort the file "meta" in order of increasing xmax, then decreasing ymin:
psort +X -y meta
FILES
/tmp/psXXXXa /tmp/psXXXXb
BUGS
Aborting the program will sometimes leave files in /tmp.
AUTHOR
Greg Ward
SEE ALSO
metafile(5), pexpand(1)
RADIANCE
6/24/98 PSORT(1)
