Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s4	Demonstrate sort on words in string with msort.

echo
set +o nounset
LC_ALL=C ; LANG=C ; export LC_ALL LANG
echo "Environment: LC_ALL = $LC_ALL, LANG = $LANG"
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version "=o" $(_eat $0 $1) msort
set -o nounset

IN="these are the words in a string"
echo
echo " Input data line (colons as markers):"
echo ":$IN:"

echo
echo " Results:"
OUT=$( echo -n "$IN" | msort -q -n 1,1 -r " " )
echo ":$OUT:"

echo
echo " Input with comma separator:"
IN="queryTerm=new kids on the block,defaultDisplayName=New Kids On The Block,"
echo ":$IN:"
echo
echo " Results:"
OUT=$( echo -n "$IN" | msort -q -n 1,1 -r "," )
echo ":$OUT:"
exit 0

% ./s4

Environment: LC_ALL = C, LANG = C
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.26-2-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 
GNU bash 3.2.39
msort - ( /usr/bin/msort Apr 24 2008 )

 Input data line (colons as markers):
:these are the words in a string:

 Results:
:a are in string the these words :

 Input with comma separator:
:queryTerm=new kids on the block,defaultDisplayName=New Kids On The Block,:

 Results:
:defaultDisplayName=New Kids On The Block,queryTerm=new kids on the block,: