Re^4: Linux sort or FILE::SORT

It does take the -S $BUFFER_SIZE flag.

I guess you must have a later version of gnu sort than I?

C:\test>sort --version
sort (GNU textutils) 2.0
Written by Mike Haertel.
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Are sort operations usually CPU bound?

The in-memory sort stages certainly are. If you overlap the sorting of one batch with the reading of the second, you save some time.

Have one thread reading/or writing and 1/3/7/15/... threads sorting, you save more time.

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Re^5: Linux sort or FILE::SORT by salva (Canon) on Feb 08, 2011 at 14:52 UTC
The in-memory sort stages certainly are When sorting big data memory bandwidth may also be a limiting factor. Actually it would be interesting to see how parallel sorting algorithms behave on multi-core processors with shared caches.	[reply]
Re^5: Linux sort or FILE::SORT by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Feb 08, 2011 at 15:02 UTC
`sort (coreutils) 5.2.1 Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.` [download] `print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Linux sort or FILE::SORT by Anonymous Monk on Feb 09, 2011 at 03:05 UTC
sort (GNU textutils) 2.0 is 10 years old `$ C:/PROGRA~1/gnuwin32/bin/sort.EXE --version sort (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0 $ C:\msys\1.0\bin\sort.exe --version sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Linux sort or FILE::SORT by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 09, 2011 at 04:17 UTC
$ C:\msys\1.0\bin\sort.exe --version sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Yeah. Just a shame it forces me to use a broken shell to use it! `$ sort --version sort (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the te +rms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert. $ dir sh: dir: command not found $ path sh: path: command not found $ set path $ echo path path $ echo $path $ exit` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: Linux sort or FILE::SORT by Anonymous Monk on Feb 09, 2011 at 04:39 UTC
Yeah. Just a shame it forces me to use a broken shell to use it! How does it do that? So use gnuwin32? or compile your own	[reply]