The video tutorial explains how to use the 'sort' command to organize files and data. It covers sorting text files alphabetically and in reverse order, sorting numbers using numeric options, and ensuring unique values in the output. The tutorial also demonstrates how to redirect sorted output to a file and previews the next topic on file permissions and user creation.

Describe the process of saving the result of a sort operation into a new file.

What happens to the original file after sorting its contents?

What does the -u option do when used with the sort command?