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Manual

SORTERR

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT

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NAME

sorterr - re-sort .err file by various criteria

SYNOPSIS

sorterr [ OPTIONS ] ERR_FILE [ HOW_MANY ]

DESCRIPTION

sorterr re-sorts a .err file by the specified criterion (or by the error ratio by default). Output is sent to stdout, or if --replace (short option -r ) is specified the input file is replaced with the sorted version. By default all entries in the file are included - if a second parameter is given then only the top HOW_MANY entries after sorting are returned.

OPTIONS

-h, --horizontal

sort by horizontal error factor

-v, --vertical

sort by vertical error factor

-p, --percentage

sort by percentage error

-l, --per-leg

sort by error per leg

-r, --replace

replace .err file with re-sorted version

--help

display short help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

SEE ALSO

aven (1), cavern (1), diffpos (1), dump3d (1), extend (1), survexport (1)

COPYRIGHT

1998-2025

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