How can I type cygwin sort with -S option?

Question

What is the syntax for -S option in sort? with capital S I try:

sort -S filename

it gives me invalid argument!

Thanks

Answer 1

According to the documentation

-S, --buffer-size=SIZE
              use SIZE for main memory buffer

you should provide a number to the -S option. It also wokrs with human readable units like 8k, 2m, 1g.