forsort(1)

forsort1

Protect text from 7-bit only sort command.

Usage

forsort [{-7 | -8}] filename

Overview

Protects 8-bit text from 7-bit-only sort command.

Input is taken from standard input, and output is given to standard output.

Options

-7 Encodes 8-bit input to 7-bit text.

-8 Decodes from encoded 7-bit to 8-bit text.

Releases

15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 2.0–2.1
  2. 2.2–3.0
  3. 3.1–6.0
  4. 7–13

Author

This manual page was written by Junichi Uekawa ([email protected]) for Debian GNU/Linux and may be used by others.

From canna 3.7p3-25 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.