"Joe Tseng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was told we need to find a software package that can do various sorts
> on ASCII files. We were going to buy a package from Syncsort to do this
> with Solaris 2.5.1 but the vendor wanted $14k because our Enterprise 3k
> has 4 processors. Our project manager just said to them "f*** you."
>
> Now my question is: is there any way I can do this kind of thing with
> Perl? If so are there any pages that can help me with writing an app
> that will do a binary or bubble or whatever other sort there is? And
> can Perl handle files containing millions of records?
>
> It'd be nice if I can show management I can do just as well a job in
> about an hour with freeware as compared with commercial software. BTW
> we are an NT house.
I agree with Matt Smith:
> The sort command does wonders. Maybe you could give an example if sort
> will not handle your needs.
You certainly won't want a bubble sort for millions of records!
The 'quicksort' function is usually the best - and scales nicely over
multiple processors (if you make it).
Perl does include sorting capability - I haven't used it.
You might try O'Reilly's "Learning Perl on Win32 Systems".
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