How to sort string alphabetically in shell script

Question

String sorting algorithm in shell script.

I have done it for numbers,but not able to do for string.

EX:- I am kohali. It should be like am i kohali

In this way i have also done,but i need algorithm of it. #!/bin/bash clear echo "filename" read filename for i in cat $filename; do echo $i done | sort | tr '\n' ' ' — uttam
– uttam, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 11:27
Here are some sorting algorithms: rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Sorting_Algorithms -- I don't think you'll find any of them actually implemented in shell though. — glenn jackman
– glenn jackman, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 16:12

Vishnu T S · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-04 11:56:15Z

2

Below script will help you

 str='I am kohali'
    for i in `echo $str`; do
        echo $i
    done | sort

Below one will accept input from user

read -p "Enter your string:" str
for i in `echo $str`; do
    echo "$i"
done | sort

Output

am I kohali

answered Dec 4, 2017 at 11:36

Vishnu T S

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I have written the same code above . Can you write algorithm to take input from user and then perform sorting .