Second Number

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/ˈsɛkənd ˈnəmbər/

The second number sets the number of standard deviations for the upper and lower bands.
The second number is the number of constant vectors to load.
If you omit the second number, sort will assume that the key starts at the given field and continues to the end of each line.
Incidentally, I didn't divine that second number by any magical means.
The second number is0,1, or2 and indicates the order in which the file system should be checked upon boot.

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