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Re: Sort large file

by Abigail-II (Bishop)
on Apr 01, 2004 at 17:02 UTC ( [id://341697]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: sort large file
in thread sort large file

Sure, there will always be limitations. But it's usually cheaper/easier to add a few gigs of disk space than it is to add a few gigs of RAM. (And if you do it in Perl, multiply that by a factor as well). Typically, 'sort' will need free disk space about the same amount as the file to sort is large.

Abigail

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