TSORT(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual TSORT(P)NAMEtsort - topological sort
SYNOPSIStsort [file]
DESCRIPTION
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>s. Pairs of different items
indicate ordering. Pairs of identical items indicate presence, but not
ordering.
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
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.
STDIN
The standard input shall be a text file that is used if no file operand
is given.
INPUT FILES
The input file named by the file operand is a text file.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Vari‐
ables 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 .
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
The standard output shall be a text file consisting of the order list
produced from the partially ordered input.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
The LC_COLLATE variable need not affect the actions of tsort. The out‐
put ordering is not lexicographic, but depends on the pairs of items
given as input.
EXAMPLES
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
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
None.
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 TSORT(P)
