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RE: sorting a strange file - wavic - Oct-15-2018
Sorting it in memory. I google it and I think the quick sort algorithm is a good option.
RE: sorting a strange file - Skaperen - Oct-15-2018
what does sorted() use? "quick" for this case is how quick i can code it.
RE: sorting a strange file - wavic - Oct-15-2018
Don't know what 'sorted' is using.
RE: sorting a strange file - Gribouillis - Oct-15-2018
You could perhaps create a huge ramdisk and run GNU sort in the ramdisk (although the program may be using temporary files on the hard drive).
RE: sorting a strange file - Skaperen - Oct-15-2018
RAM gives me enough memory to hold one copy. swap space adds one one to that. file system space has the original file, which i need to keep, and has space for one more copy, the sorted result. the /tmp space is not big enough for even one copy (has only 4GB total). i might be able to squeeze in one more copy if i could merge all the empty spaces i have.
RE: sorting a strange file - wavic - Oct-15-2018
Well,you can sort it in place then.