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TSORT(1P)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                TSORT(1P)
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       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
       tsort — topological sort
       tsort [file]
       The tsort utility shall write to standard output a totally ordered
       list of items consistent with a partial ordering of items contained
       in the input.
       The application shall ensure that the input consists of pairs of
       items (non-empty strings) separated by <blank> characters. Pairs of
       different items indicate ordering. Pairs of identical items indicate
       presence, but not ordering.
       None.
       The following operand shall be supported:
       file      A pathname of a text file to order. If no file operand is
                 given, the standard input shall be used.
       The standard input shall be used if no file operand is specified, and
       shall be used if the file operand is '−' and the implementation
       treats the '−' as meaning standard input.  Otherwise, the standard
       input shall not be used.  See the INPUT FILES section.
       The input file shall be a text file.
       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
       tsort:
       LANG      Provide a default value for the internationalization
                 variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions
                 volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization
                 Variables for the precedence of internationalization
                 variables used to determine the values of locale
                 categories.)
       LC_ALL    If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of
                 all the other internationalization variables.
       LC_CTYPE  Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
                 bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte
                 as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input
                 files).
       LC_MESSAGES
                 Determine the locale that should be used to affect the
                 format and contents of diagnostic messages written to
                 standard error.
       NLSPATH   Determine the location of message catalogs for the
                 processing of LC_MESSAGES.
       Default.
       The standard output shall be a text file consisting of the order list
       produced from the partially ordered input.
       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
       None.
       None.
       The following exit values shall be returned:
        0    Successful completion.
       >0    An error occurred.
       Default.
       The following sections are informative.
       The LC_COLLATE variable need not affect the actions of tsort.  The
       output ordering is not lexicographic, but depends on the pairs of
       items given as input.
       The command:
           tsort <<EOF
           a b c c d e
           g g
           f g e f
           h h
           EOF
       produces the output:
           a
           b
           c
           d
           e
           f
           g
           h
       None.
       None.
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment
       Variables
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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