in reply to Re^2: Rosetta Code: Long List is Long :awk(1)+sort(1)
in thread Rosetta Code: Long List is Long

Good point about using LANG=C (to make for a fairer comparison for I had set ascii encoding to parse the input (but not during sorting🤔) in my Python version).

With that change, takes ~99 s; that and 2 sorts, takes ~60 s. 

#!/bin/sh
# Source: https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11148801
#
# This is one shell implementation based on the problem specification 
+...
#
#   Rosetta Code: Long List is Long, 20221130,
#   by eyepopslikeamosquito
#   https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11148465
#
# Changed to set LANG=C & 2 sorts per marioroy's observations ...
#   https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11148782


case $# in
   0 )
      printf "Give a list of files to sort.\n" >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
esac

LC_ALL=C
export LC_ALL
LANG=C
export LANG

start=$( date '+%s' )

# Takes ~60 s.
awk '  \
   { cat_count[ $1 ] += $2 }  \
   END  \
   { for ( cat in cat_count )   \
      { printf "%s\t%s\n", cat, cat_count[ cat ] }  \
   }  \
   ' $@  \
| sort -k1,1 | sort -k2,2rn

end=$( date '+%s' )
printf "total time: %d s\n" $(( end - start )) >&2

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