sorterr — Survex 1.4.21 documentation

# sorterr

## 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