On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:10, Paul Johnson <p...@pjcj.net> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 09:25:48AM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: >> On Aug 8, 2011 12:11 AM, "Ramprasad Prasad" <ramprasad...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Using the system linux sort ... Does not help. >> > On my dual quad core machine , (8 gb ram) sort -n file takes 10 >> > minutes and in the end produces no output. >> >> I had a smaller file and 32g to play with on a dual quad core (dl320). Sort >> just can't handle more than 2~4 gigs. > > You keep saying this ... > > Gnu sort really can handle very large files. I have even tested it to > make sure. You may need to configure things slightly. You may need to > locate some temporary disk space. You may prefer to do things another > way. But if you just want to sort a file, sort will do it for you. >
very well then (lets assume you're right). what are you saying is the max file size that sort can handle with what amount of ram and disk? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
