tsort - Man Page

• Perform a topological sort consistent with a partial sort per line of input separated by blanks: tsort path/to/file
• Perform a topological sort consistent on strings: echo -e "UI Backend\nBackend Database\nDocs UI" | tsort

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tsort [OPTION] [FILE]

Write totally ordered list consistent with the partial ordering in FILE.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Written by Mark Kettenis.

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tsort>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) tsort invocation'