sort

Use this commmand to sort a file. For example, suppose we have a file dict with contents

red rojo
green verde
blue azul
white blanco
black negro

Then we can do this:

   % sort dict
    black negro
    blue azul
    green verde
    red rojo
    white blanco

Here the output of sort went to the screen. To store the output in file we do this:

   % sort dict >dict.sorted  

You can check the contents of the file dict.sorted using car, more, or emacs.