meaning standard input. @var{file1} and @var{file2} should be already
sorted in increasing order (not numerically) on the join fields; unless
the @samp{-t} option is given, they should be sorted ignoring blanks at
-the start of the line, as in @code{sort -b}.
+the start of the join field, as in @code{sort -b}. If the
+@samp{--ignore-case} option is given, lines should be sorted without
+regard to the case of characters in the join field, as in @code{sort -f}.
The defaults are: the join field is the first field in each line;
fields in the input are separated by one or more blanks, with leading
Replace those output fields that are missing in the input with
@var{string}.
+@item -i
+@itemx --ignore-case
+@opindex -i
+@opindex --ignore-case
+Ignore differences in case when comparing keys.
+With this option, the lines of the input files must be ordered in the same way.
+Use @samp{sort -f} to produce this ordering.
+
@item -1 @var{field}
@itemx -j1 @var{field}
@opindex -1