NAME

       decorate - convert fields of various formats

SYNOPSIS

       decorate [OPTION]... [INPUT]
       decorate --decorate [OPTION]... [INPUT]
       decorate --undecorate N [OPTION]... [INPUT]

DESCRIPTION

       Converts (and optionally sorts) fields of various formats

       With  --decorate: adds the converted fields to the start of each line and prints and prints it to STDOUT;
       does not sort.

       With --undecorate: removes the first N fields from the input; Use as post-processing step after sort(1).

       Without --decorate and --undecorate: automatically decorates the input, runs sort(1) and undecorates  the
       result;  This  is  the  easiest  method  to  use.  The decorate program allows sorting input according to
       various ordering, e.g. IP addresses, roman numerals, etc.  It works in tandem with sort(1) to perform the
       actual sorting.