Searching for all children of an entry in sorted order

Steps

To search for all children of an entry in the appropriate subtree and sort the results by one or more attributes, run the ldapsearch command and include the --sortOrder option.

Choose from:
- To sort the results in ascending order, supply an attribute name for the value of --sortOrder.
- To sort the results in descending order, supply an attribute name preceded by a - for the value of --sortOrder.
- To sort the results by multiple attributes, supply the attribute names for the value of --sortOrder as follows:
  - List the attributes in the order in which you want to sort the results.
  - Separate the attributes with commas.
  - Remember to prepend - to any attributes that represent a descending sort.
Example

For this example, the ldapsearch command searches for children in the ou=People,dc=example,dc=com subtree and sorts them first by sn (ascending) and then by givenName (descending):
$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN ou=People,dc=example,dc=com \ --searchScope sub --sortOrder sn,-givenName '(objectclass=*)'