i want to sort a file which was 4gb of data.
my ram sixe was 2gb.
so, i want to sort that file using extra buffer , is it possible in unix?
if possible plz help me
thanks
AFAIK sort uses tmp files anyhow - why don't you just give it a shot ?
You also could split the large file into smaller chunks, sort those, and then merge ( sort -m ).
by referring SORT man page i find the below
-T, --temporary-directory=DIR use DIR for temporaries, not $TMPDIR or /tmp; multiple options specify multiple directories
can anyone please help me with a simple example, how to use this _T option with Sort
i am using oracle enterprise linux
thanks.........
Why don't you just give it a shot and report possible errors?