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EDIT:
On doing tests it appears you have to spell out "priority" for the ps built in sort to work (i.e. don't just use "pri":
Code:
ps -eo user,pid,pri,ni,cmd --sort=priority
Code:
ps -eo user,pid,pri,ni,cmd --sort=-priority
FROM PS MAN PAGE:
Quote:
--sort spec
Specify sorting order. Sorting syntax is [+|-]key[,[+|-]key[,...]]. Choose a multi-letter key from the STANDARD FORMAT SPECIFIERS section. The "+" is optional since default direction is increasing numerical or lexicographic order. Identical to k. For example: ps jax --sort=uid,-ppid,+pid
Then I looked a "STANDARD FORMAT SPECIFIERS" section and picked "pri" under CODE column which corresponds to "PRI" under HEADER column.
So where did you find specific instruction to use the word "priority" as sort key?
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