Hi,

> Am 28.03.2017 um 13:13 schrieb Ismael Cama <[email protected]>:
> 
> When you try to sort a file and write the result in the same file, all the
> contents are deleted. Example:
> 
> sort foo.txt > foo.txt

This happens as the bash opens and resets the output before anything is 
processed.

This should work:

$ sort -o foo.txt foo.txt

-- Reuti

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