Sort CSV rows by the age column, lexicographically
The sort verb orders records by the fields given to -f, here age, in ascending order. Text fields sort lexicographically, so ages like 100 sort before 20; use -nr for numeric ordering instead. Multiple sort keys can follow -f, applied left to right. This is Miller's replacement for the sort command when headers must be preserved.
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