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