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sorting large file
Name: abhinav_kumar Date: February 28, 2008 at 02:07:53 Pacific OS: unix CPU/Ram: 512 mb
Comment:
hello!! i want to sort a file which contains millions of records based on multiple fields. My file is delimited by , and have 20 fields I am using sort command but i am getting error "sort:write error while merging" what is the alternative of this.?? or is there any way to overcomw this??
Name: wollie Date: February 28, 2008 at 07:30:30 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
to me it seems to be an issue with your diskspace. You need space for the inputfile, the outputfile and temporary space used by the sort command. More diskspace would probably solve the problem.
cheers Wollie
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