TSORT(1) User Commands TSORT(1)

NAME


tsort - topological sort

SYNOPSIS


tsort [file]


DESCRIPTION


The tsort command produces on the standard output a totally ordered list
of items consistent with a partial ordering of items mentioned in the
input file.


The input consists of pairs of items (non-empty strings) separated by
blanks. Pairs of different items indicate ordering. Pairs of identical
items indicate presence, but not ordering.

OPERANDS


The following operand is supported:

file
A path name of a text file to order. If no file operand is given,
the standard input is used.


EXAMPLES


Example 1: An example of the tsort command




The command:


example% tsort <<EOF
a b c c d e
g g
f g e f
EOF


produces the output:


a
b
c
d
e
f
g


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES


See environ(7) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of tsort: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES,
and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS


The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion.


>0
An error occurred.


ATTRIBUTES


See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO


lorder(1), attributes(7), environ(7), standards(7)

DIAGNOSTICS


Odd data: there are an odd number of fields in the input file.

June 28, 2007 TSORT(1)