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sort -m does too much work
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David Muir Sharnoff |
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sort -m does too much work |
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Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:46:20 -0700 (PDT) |
I've got 200 1GB pre-sorted files. If I try to merge
them with sort -m, it is obvioulsy trying to do too much
work: after running for a couple minutes, it has not
produced any output but it has made a 5 GB temporary
file.
When the input is pre-sorted, no temporary file should
be required.
Output should begin immediately.
- sort -m does too much work,
David Muir Sharnoff <=