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What Unix Sort 'file-size' limitations are there?
I have several sort commands within a batch job stream. I am using stdin and stdout for most of the sort commands. The flat files that are being piped in and out are anywhere between 500MB and 30GB. From what I noted in the man page, 'sort' is largefile compatible (2GB+). I have changed the...- celconu
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