sort command syntax details

Syntax

The required syntax is in bold.

sort

[<count>]

[<sort-order>]

[<sort-option>]

<field>

<field>: Syntax: <field> [,<field>]...; Description: One or more fields to sort by. When specifying more than one field, separate the field names with commas.

count: Syntax: <integer>; Description: Specify the maximum number of results to return from the sorted results. You must specify the count before specifying the fields. If no count is specified, the default limit of 10000 is used. If 0 is specified, all of the results are returned.; Default: 10000; Using sort 0 might have a negative impact performance, depending on how many results are returned. Try to filter the results to minimize the number of results before using the sort command.

<sort-order>: Syntax: + | -; Description: Use a minus sign ( - ) for descending order and a plus sign ( + ) for ascending order.; Default: Ascending ( + )

<sort-option>: Syntax: auto | ip | num | str; Description: Options you can specify with <field>. The default sort option is auto. See sort command examples.

sort option	Description
auto	Determine the type of field value automatically. This is the default sort option.
ip	Interpret the values of the field as IP addresses.
num	Interpret the values of the field as numbers.
str	Interpret the values of the field as strings and order the values alphabetically.