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TSORT 1 "Jun 28, 2007"
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(5) 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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
SEE ALSO

lorder(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

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