jq で IP アドレスを sort_by しようと思ったがうまくいかなかったので大人しく sort -V を使った

jq で IP アドレスを sort_by しようと思ったがうまくいかなかったので大人しく sort -V を使った

IP アドレスをソートしたいぞー、と
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コンバンハ、千葉(幸)です。

AWS サービスの IP レンジの確認にip-ranges.jsonを jq でフィルタリングすることがしばしばあります。

そのまま実行すると IP プレフィックスは整列されていない状態で出力されるため、ソートしたいと考えました。 jq の機能に sort が含まれているため、そちらでなんとかできないかと思い試してみました。

まとめ

  • jq の sort_byを使用すると文字列としてソートされるため期待した並びにならない
  • jq でソートするのは諦めてパイプしてsortを使用しよう
  • sortを使用する場合は-Vオプションを使用しよう
  • (追記)jq だけでも split() や map() を使用すれば実現できる……!

ip-ranges.json に jq を使用する

AWS サービスが使用する IP アドレス範囲は、ip-ranges.jsonとして公開されています。冒頭のリンクからダウンロード可能です。

構文は以下の通りとなっており、多くの場合ハイライト部のみを抽出して確認・使用する機会が多いかと思います。

{
  "syncToken": "0123456789",
  "createDate": "yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss",
  "prefixes": [
    {
      "ip_prefix": "cidr",
      "region": "region",
      "network_border_group": "network_border_group",
      "service": "subset"
    }
  ],
  "ipv6_prefixes": [
    {
      "ipv6_prefix": "cidr",
      "region": "region",
      "network_border_group": "network_border_group",
      "service": "subset"
    }
  ]  
}

例えば「東京リージョンの」「EC2」に絞って IP プレフィックスを取得したい場合は以下の指定で実現できます。

 % jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json

素直に jq で出力すると順番がバラバラ

実際に上記のコマンドを実行すると以下のように結果が得られます。

% jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json
54.248.0.0/15
54.250.0.0/16
54.92.0.0/17
3.112.0.0/14
64.252.111.0/24
3.5.152.0/21
52.94.248.80/28
13.112.0.0/14
52.68.0.0/15
54.95.0.0/16
54.168.0.0/16
64.252.113.0/24
15.177.79.0/24
...以下略

元のファイルの並びに準じて出力されているため、特に規則性はなくバラバラな並びとなっています。ついつい昇順に並び替えたくなるのが人のサガというものです。

jq の sort_by 関数を使用してみる

jq のビルドイン関数の一つとして、sort_byがあります。

書き方はいくつかあるかと思いますが、以下の書式で使用してみました。

% jq -r '.prefixes | sort_by(.ip_prefix) | .[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json
103.4.8.0/21
13.112.0.0/14
13.230.0.0/15
15.177.79.0/24
15.193.1.0/24
175.41.192.0/18
176.32.64.0/19
176.34.0.0/19
176.34.32.0/19
18.176.0.0/15
18.178.0.0/16
18.179.0.0/16
18.180.0.0/15
18.182.0.0/16
18.183.0.0/16
3.112.0.0/14
3.5.152.0/21
35.72.0.0/13
...

いわゆる文字列準拠のソートと言うのか、10313より先頭に来たり、318より後ろに来ている状態です。数値準拠でソートして欲しいと思うのが人のサガです。

jq の sort_by で使用できるオプションを調べる

sort_byでソートの基準を変えるオプションがないかを確認してみます。

jq_manual_sort

特に使用できるオプションはありませんでした。

とは言え、文字列でのソートより数値でのソートが優先されることは確認できました。考えれば当たり前のことですが、54.248.0.0/15といった IP プレフィックスは数値ではなく文字列として解釈されています。

ピリオドがふたつ以上あるものは数値ではない

マニュアルの Examples にある「Run」を押下すると、jq の処理をブラウザ上でシミュレート可能な jq play に遷移します。

sort_byの動作を試します。ソート対象のfooキーに54.248 300 1という値を入れると、期待した通り数値でのソートがなされます。

jq_play

値を54.248.0に変更すると、数値として正しくない旨のエラーが表示されます。

jq_play_error

parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 17
exit status 4

ダブルクォーテーションで囲めば文字列として解釈されるためエラーは解消されますが、数値よりは後にソートされています。

jq_play_string

ピリオドを 2 つ以上持つ IP プレフィックスは全て文字列としてソートされるため、sort_byを使用する限り数値でのソートは期待できないことを理解しました。

追記:jq だけでもできる

はてブのコメントで以下の書き方を教えてもらいました。ありがとうございます。

% jq -r '.prefixes | sort_by(.ip_prefix|split("/")[0]|split(".")|map(tonumber)) | .[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json
3.5.152.0/21
3.112.0.0/14
13.112.0.0/14
13.230.0.0/15
15.177.79.0/24
15.193.1.0/24
18.176.0.0/15
18.178.0.0/16
18.179.0.0/16
18.180.0.0/15
18.182.0.0/16
18.183.0.0/16
35.72.0.0/13
46.51.224.0/19
...

他の関数と組み合わせればよかったのか……!このような書き方は思いつきもしませんでした。ありがたいです。

以降は追記前の記述のため jq だけだとできない前提で記載していますが、適宜脳内で変換していただければと思います。

パイプして sort を利用する

jq の中で無理にsort_byを使用するより、大人しく sort コマンドに任せた方が簡単です。餅は餅屋というやつですが、jq だけで完結できないかという興味が先行していました。

今回使用する sort のバージョンは以下の通りです。

% sort --version
2.3-Apple (106)

オプションなしの sort の場合

まずは単純にパイプして渡すだけの場合です。

jq のsort_byと同じく文字列としてソートされています。

% jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json\
 | sort
103.4.8.0/21
13.112.0.0/14
13.230.0.0/15
15.177.79.0/24
15.193.1.0/24
175.41.192.0/18
176.32.64.0/19
176.34.0.0/19
176.34.32.0/19
18.176.0.0/15
18.178.0.0/16
18.179.0.0/16
18.180.0.0/15
18.182.0.0/16
18.183.0.0/16
3.112.0.0/14
3.5.152.0/21
35.72.0.0/13
...以下略

当然と言えば当然ですね。

sort -n の場合

-nオプションを指定してソートします。-nもしくは--numeric-sortは、文字列を数値をみなして並べ替えるオプションです。

かなり良さそうに見えますが……よくみると数値でのソートが効いているのは第一オクテットだけです。

% jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json\
 | sort -n
3.112.0.0/14
3.5.152.0/21
13.112.0.0/14
13.230.0.0/15
15.177.79.0/24
15.193.1.0/24
18.176.0.0/15
18.178.0.0/16
18.179.0.0/16
18.180.0.0/15
18.182.0.0/16
18.183.0.0/16
35.72.0.0/13
46.51.224.0/19
52.192.0.0/15
52.194.0.0/15
52.196.0.0/14
52.68.0.0/15
...以下略

ここまで来たら第二オクテット以降も数値でソートして欲しいと思うのが人のサガです。

sort -V の場合

今回の本命のsort -Vです。-Vもしくは--version-sortはバージョン番号をソートするためのオプションです。

     -V, --version-sort
             Sort version numbers.  The input lines are treated as file names in form PREFIX VERSION SUFFIX, where SUFFIX matches the regular expres-
             sion "(.([A-Za-z~][A-Za-z0-9~]*)?)*".  The files are compared by their prefixes and versions (leading zeros are ignored in version num-
             bers, see example below).  If an input string does not match the pattern, then it is compared using the byte compare function.  All
             string comparisons are performed in C locale, the locale environment setting is ignored.

実行してみると、期待した形でソートが行われました!

% jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json\
 | sort -V
3.5.152.0/21
3.112.0.0/14
13.112.0.0/14
13.230.0.0/15
15.177.79.0/24
15.193.1.0/24
18.176.0.0/15
18.178.0.0/16
18.179.0.0/16
18.180.0.0/15
18.182.0.0/16
18.183.0.0/16
35.72.0.0/13
46.51.224.0/19
52.68.0.0/15
52.94.248.80/28
52.95.243.0/24
52.95.255.48/28
52.192.0.0/15
52.194.0.0/15
...以下略

ピリオドを間に複数持つものでも問題なくソートしてくれますね。

sort -t -n -k の場合

IP アドレスを ソートしたいなら-Vを使用するのが一番お手軽ですが、他のアプローチを取ることもできます。

以下を組み合わせるものです。

オプション 概要
-n 数値としてソート
-t 文字 フィールドの区切り文字を指定
-k フィールド ソート対象のフィールドを指定

sort -t . -n -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4という指定をすれば、ピリオドでフィールドを区切り、各フィールドごとに数値でのソートをするという挙動となります。

(ちなみに-k 1,1 -k 2,2 -k 3,3 -k 4,4のように指定すると、フィールドを明示的に指定する書き方になります。-k 1,2のように複数フィールドに跨る指定の仕方もできます。)

% jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.region=="ap-northeast-1" and .service=="EC2") | .ip_prefix' < ip-ranges.json\
 | sort -t . -n -k 1 -k 2 -k 3 -k 4
3.5.152.0/21
3.112.0.0/14
13.112.0.0/14
13.230.0.0/15
15.177.79.0/24
15.193.1.0/24
18.176.0.0/15
18.178.0.0/16
18.179.0.0/16
18.180.0.0/15
18.182.0.0/16
18.183.0.0/16
35.72.0.0/13
46.51.224.0/19
52.68.0.0/15
52.94.248.80/28
52.95.243.0/24
52.95.255.48/28
52.192.0.0/15
52.194.0.0/15
...以下略

-Vを使用した場合と同じく期待した形でソートされました。わざわざ複雑なオプションを使用する意味合いは薄いと思いますが、こういったソートの仕方ができると覚えておくと役に立つ時があるかもしれません。

追記:PowerShell の場合

PowerShell 師匠こと しばた さんに PowerShell 版のコマンドを教えてもらいました。

Get-Content ./ip-ranges.json -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json |
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty prefixes |
    Where-Object { $_.region -eq 'ap-northeast-1' -and $_.service -eq 'EC2' } | 
    Sort-Object { [Version]($_.ip_prefix -split '/')[0] } | 
    Select-Object -Property ip_prefix

CIDR, IP順にする場合はこんな感じ。

Get-Content ./ip-ranges.json -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json |
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty prefixes |
    Where-Object { $_.region -eq 'ap-northeast-1' -and $_.service -eq 'EC2' } | 
    Sort-Object ({ [int]($_.ip_prefix -split '/')[1] }, { [Version]($_.ip_prefix -split '/')[0] }) | 
    Select-Object -Property ip_prefix

PowerShell によるソートの詳細についてはこちらをご参照ください。

終わりに

IP アドレスをソートしたい、という話でした。

jq の sort_byはオプションを使用できず自動的に判定された型に基づいてソートされるため IP アドレスのソートには向かない、sort を使用する場合は-Vを使用するのがお手軽、ということを理解しました。

sort で使用できるオプションを理解しておくといろんなところで役立ちそうですね。

以上、 チバユキ (@batchicchi) をお送りしました。

参考

man sort

折り畳み
SORT(1)                   BSD General Commands Manual                  SORT(1)

NAME
     sort -- sort or merge records (lines) of text and binary files

SYNOPSIS
     sort [-bcCdfghiRMmnrsuVz] [-k field1[,field2]] [-S memsize] [-T dir] [-t char] [-o output]
          [file ...]
     sort --help
     sort --version

DESCRIPTION
     The sort utility sorts text and binary files by lines.  A line is a record separated from the
     subsequent record by a newline (default) or NUL '\0' character (-z option).  A record can con-
     tain any printable or unprintable characters.  Comparisons are based on one or more sort keys
     extracted from each line of input, and are performed lexicographically, according to the cur-
     rent locale's collating rules and the specified command-line options that can tune the actual
     sorting behavior.  By default, if keys are not given, sort uses entire lines for comparison.

     The command line options are as follows:

     -c, --check, -C, --check=silent|quiet
             Check that the single input file is sorted.  If the file is not sorted, sort produces
             the appropriate error messages and exits with code 1, otherwise returns 0.  If -C or
             --check=silent is specified, sort produces no output.  This is a "silent" version of
             -c.

     -m, --merge
             Merge only.  The input files are assumed to be pre-sorted.  If they are not sorted the
             output order is undefined.

     -o output, --output=output
             Print the output to the output file instead of the standard output.

     -S size, --buffer-size=size
             Use size for the maximum size of the memory buffer.  Size modifiers
             %,b,K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y can be used.  If a memory limit is not explicitly specified, sort
             takes up to about 90% of available memory.  If the file size is too big to fit into
             the memory buffer, the temporary disk files are used to perform the sorting.

     -T dir, --temporary-directory=dir
             Store temporary files in the directory dir.  The default path is the value of the
             environment variable TMPDIR or /var/tmp if TMPDIR is not defined.

     -u, --unique
             Unique keys.  Suppress all lines that have a key that is equal to an already processed
             one.  This option, similarly to -s, implies a stable sort.  If used with -c or -C,
             sort also checks that there are no lines with duplicate keys.

     -s      Stable sort.  This option maintains the original record order of records that have an
             equal key.  This is a non-standard feature, but it is widely accepted and used.

     --version
             Print the version and silently exits.

     --help  Print the help text and silently exits.

     The following options override the default ordering rules.  When ordering options appear inde-
     pendently of key field specifications, they apply globally to all sort keys.  When attached to
     a specific key (see -k), the ordering options override all global ordering options for the key
     they are attached to.

     -b, --ignore-leading-blanks
             Ignore leading blank characters when comparing lines.

     -d, --dictionary-order
             Consider only blank spaces and alphanumeric characters in comparisons.

     -f, --ignore-case
             Convert all lowercase characters to their uppercase equivalent before comparison, that
             is, perform case-independent sorting.

     -g, --general-numeric-sort, --sort=general-numeric
             Sort by general numerical value.  As opposed to -n, this option handles general float-
             ing points.  It has a more permissive format than that allowed by -n but it has a sig-
             nificant performance drawback.

     -h, --human-numeric-sort, --sort=human-numeric
             Sort by numerical value, but take into account the SI suffix, if present.  Sort first
             by numeric sign (negative, zero, or positive); then by SI suffix (either empty, or `k'
             or `K', or one of `MGTPEZY', in that order); and finally by numeric value.  The SI
             suffix must immediately follow the number.  For example, '12345K' sorts before '1M',
             because M is "larger" than K.  This sort option is useful for sorting the output of a
             single invocation of 'df' command with -h or -H options (human-readable).

     -i, --ignore-nonprinting
             Ignore all non-printable characters.

     -M, --month-sort, --sort=month
             Sort by month abbreviations.  Unknown strings are considered smaller than the month
             names.

     -n, --numeric-sort, --sort=numeric
             Sort fields numerically by arithmetic value.  Fields are supposed to have optional
             blanks in the beginning, an optional minus sign, zero or more digits (including deci-
             mal point and possible thousand separators).

     -R, --random-sort, --sort=random
             Sort by a random order.  This is a random permutation of the inputs except that the
             equal keys sort together.  It is implemented by hashing the input keys and sorting the
             hash values.  The hash function is chosen randomly.  The hash function is randomized
             by /dev/random content, or by file content if it is specified by --random-source.
             Even if multiple sort fields are specified, the same random hash function is used for
             all of them.

     -r, --reverse
             Sort in reverse order.

     -V, --version-sort
             Sort version numbers.  The input lines are treated as file names in form PREFIX VER-
             SION SUFFIX, where SUFFIX matches the regular expression "(.([A-Za-z~][A-Za-
             z0-9~]*)?)*".  The files are compared by their prefixes and versions (leading zeros
             are ignored in version numbers, see example below).  If an input string does not match
             the pattern, then it is compared using the byte compare function.  All string compar-
             isons are performed in C locale, the locale environment setting is ignored.

             Example:

             $ ls sort* | sort -V

             sort-1.022.tgz

             sort-1.23.tgz

             sort-1.23.1.tgz

             sort-1.024.tgz

             sort-1.024.003.

             sort-1.024.003.tgz

             sort-1.024.07.tgz

             sort-1.024.009.tgz

     The treatment of field separators can be altered using these options:

     -b, --ignore-leading-blanks
             Ignore leading blank space when determining the start and end of a restricted sort key
             (see -k).  If -b is specified before the first -k option, it applies globally to all
             key specifications.  Otherwise, -b can be attached independently to each field argu-
             ment of the key specifications.  -b.

     -k field1[,field2], --key=field1[,field2]
             Define a restricted sort key that has the starting position field1, and optional end-
             ing position field2 of a key field.  The -k option may be specified multiple times, in
             which case subsequent keys are compared when earlier keys compare equal.  The -k
             option replaces the obsolete options +pos1 and -pos2, but the old notation is also
             supported.

     -t char, --field-separator=char
             Use char as a field separator character.  The initial char is not considered to be
             part of a field when determining key offsets.  Each occurrence of char is significant
             (for example, ``charchar'' delimits an empty field).  If -t is not specified, the
             default field separator is a sequence of blank space characters, and consecutive blank
             spaces do not delimit an empty field, however, the initial blank space is considered
             part of a field when determining key offsets.  To use NUL as field separator, use -t
             '\0'.

     -z, --zero-terminated
             Use NUL as record separator.  By default, records in the files are supposed to be sep-
             arated by the newline characters.  With this option, NUL ('\0') is used as a record
             separator character.

     Other options:

     --batch-size=num
             Specify maximum number of files that can be opened by sort at once.  This option
             affects behavior when having many input files or using temporary files.  The default
             value is 16.

     --compress-program=PROGRAM
             Use PROGRAM to compress temporary files.  PROGRAM must compress standard input to
             standard output, when called without arguments.  When called with argument -d it must
             decompress standard input to standard output.  If PROGRAM fails, sort must exit with
             error.  An example of PROGRAM that can be used here is bzip2.

     --random-source=filename
             In random sort, the file content is used as the source of the 'seed' data for the hash
             function choice.  Two invocations of random sort with the same seed data will use the
             same hash function and will produce the same result if the input is also identical.
             By default, file /dev/random is used.

     --debug
             Print some extra information about the sorting process to the standard output.

     --parallel
             Set the maximum number of execution threads.  Default number equals to the number of
             CPUs.

     --files0-from=filename
             Take the input file list from the file filename.  The file names must be separated by
             NUL (like the output produced by the command "find ... -print0").

     --radixsort
             Try to use radix sort, if the sort specifications allow.  The radix sort can only be
             used for trivial locales (C and POSIX), and it cannot be used for numeric or month
             sort.  Radix sort is very fast and stable.

     --mergesort
             Use mergesort.  This is a universal algorithm that can always be used, but it is not
             always the fastest.

     --qsort
             Try to use quick sort, if the sort specifications allow.  This sort algorithm cannot
             be used with -u and -s.

     --heapsort
             Try to use heap sort, if the sort specifications allow.  This sort algorithm cannot be
             used with -u and -s.

     --mmap  Try to use file memory mapping system call.  It may increase speed in some cases.

     The following operands are available:

     file    The pathname of a file to be sorted, merged, or checked.  If no file operands are
             specified, or if a file operand is -, the standard input is used.

     A field is defined as a maximal sequence of characters other than the field separator and
     record separator (newline by default).  Initial blank spaces are included in the field unless
     -b has been specified; the first blank space of a sequence of blank spaces acts as the field
     separator and is included in the field (unless -t is specified).  For example, all blank spa-
     ces at the beginning of a line are considered to be part of the first field.

     Fields are specified by the -k field1[,field2] command-line option.  If field2 is missing, the
     end of the key defaults to the end of the line.

     The arguments field1 and field2 have the form m.n (m,n > 0) and can be followed by one or more
     of the modifiers b, d, f, i, n, g, M and r, which correspond to the options discussed above.
     When b is specified it applies only to field1 or field2 where it is specified while the rest
     of the modifiers apply to the whole key field regardless if they are specified only with
     field1 or field2 or both.  A field1 position specified by m.n is interpreted as the nth char-
     acter from the beginning of the mth field.  A missing .n in field1 means `.1', indicating the
     first character of the mth field; if the -b option is in effect, n is counted from the first
     non-blank character in the mth field; m.1b refers to the first non-blank character in the mth
     field.  1.n refers to the nth character from the beginning of the line; if n is greater than
     the length of the line, the field is taken to be empty.

     nth positions are always counted from the field beginning, even if the field is shorter than
     the number of specified positions.  Thus, the key can really start from a position in a subse-
     quent field.

     A field2 position specified by m.n is interpreted as the nth character (including separators)
     from the beginning of the mth field.  A missing .n indicates the last character of the mth
     field; m = 0 designates the end of a line.  Thus the option -k v.x,w.y is synonymous with the
     obsolete option +v-1.x-1 -w-1.y; when y is omitted, -k v.x,w is synonymous with +v-1.x-1 -w.0.
     The obsolete +pos1 -pos2 option is still supported, except for -w.0b, which has no -k equiva-
     lent.

ENVIRONMENT
     LC_COLLATE  Locale settings to be used to determine the collation for sorting records.

     LC_CTYPE    Locale settings to be used to case conversion and classification of characters,
                 that is, which characters are considered whitespaces, etc.

     LC_MESSAGES
                 Locale settings that determine the language of output messages that sort prints
                 out.

     LC_NUMERIC  Locale settings that determine the number format used in numeric sort.

     LC_TIME     Locale settings that determine the month format used in month sort.

     LC_ALL      Locale settings that override all of the above locale settings.  This environment
                 variable can be used to set all these settings to the same value at once.

     LANG        Used as a last resort to determine different kinds of locale-specific behavior if
                 neither the respective environment variable, nor LC_ALL are set.

     TMPDIR      Path to the directory in which temporary files will be stored.  Note that TMPDIR
                 may be overridden by the -T option.

     GNUSORT_NUMERIC_COMPATIBILITY
                 If defined -t will not override the locale numeric symbols, that is, thousand sep-
                 arators and decimal separators.  By default, if we specify -t with the same symbol
                 as the thousand separator or decimal point, the symbol will be treated as the
                 field separator.  Older behavior was less definite; the symbol was treated as both
                 field separator and numeric separator, simultaneously.  This environment variable
                 enables the old behavior.

     GNUSORT_COMPATIBLE_BLANKS
                 Use 'space' symbols as field separators (as modern GNU sort does).

FILES
     /var/tmp/.bsdsort.PID.*           Temporary files.
     /dev/random                       Default seed file for the random sort.

EXIT STATUS
     The sort utility shall exit with one of the following values:

     0     Successfully sorted the input files or if used with -c or -C, the input file already met
           the sorting criteria.
     1     On disorder (or non-uniqueness) with the -c or -C options.
     2     An error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     comm(1), join(1), uniq(1)

STANDARDS
     The sort utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1'') specification.

     The flags [-ghRMSsTVz] are extensions to the POSIX specification.

     All long options are extensions to the specification, some of them are provided for compati-
     bility with GNU versions and some of them are own extensions.

     The old key notations +pos1 and -pos2 come from older versions of sort and are still supported
     but their use is highly discouraged.

HISTORY
     A sort command first appeared in Version 3 AT&T UNIX.

AUTHORS
     Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>,

     Oleg Moskalenko <mom040267@gmail.com>

NOTES
     This implementation of sort has no limits on input line length (other than imposed by avail-
     able memory) or any restrictions on bytes allowed within lines.

     The performance depends highly on locale settings, efficient choice of sort keys and key com-
     plexity.  The fastest sort is with locale C, on whole lines, with option -s.  In general,
     locale C is the fastest, then single-byte locales follow and multi-byte locales as the slowest
     but the correct collation order is always respected.  As for the key specification, the sim-
     pler to process the lines the faster the search will be.

     When sorting by arithmetic value, using -n results in much better performance than -g so its
     use is encouraged whenever possible.

BSD                             March 19, 2015                             BSD

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