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version 1.13, 2000/11/09 17:52:39 version 1.14, 2001/02/04 21:27:01
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 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr comm 1 ,  .Xr comm 1 ,
 .Xr join 1 ,  .Xr join 1 ,
   .Xr radixsort 3 ,
 .Xr uniq 1  .Xr uniq 1
 .Sh HISTORY  .Sh HISTORY
 A  A
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 command appeared in  command appeared in
 .At v5 .  .At v5 .
 .Sh NOTES  .Sh NOTES
   .Nm
   has no limits on input line length (other than imposed by available
   memory) or any restrictions on bytes allowed within lines.
   .Pp
   To protect data
   .Nm
   .Fl o
   calls
   .Xr link 2
   and
   .Xr unlink 2 ,
   and thus fails on protected directories.
   .Pp
 The current sort command uses lexicographic radix sorting, which requires  The current sort command uses lexicographic radix sorting, which requires
 that sort keys be kept in memory (as opposed to previous versions which  that sort keys be kept in memory (as opposed to previous versions which
 used quick and merge sorts and did not).  used quick and merge sorts and did not).
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 .Fl f  .Fl f
 and may take twice as long.  and may take twice as long.
 .Sh BUGS  .Sh BUGS
 Lines longer than 65522 characters are discarded and processing continues.  
 To sort files larger than 60Mb, use  To sort files larger than 60Mb, use
 .Nm  .Nm
 .Fl H ;  .Fl H ;
 files larger than 704Mb must be sorted in smaller pieces, then merged.  files larger than 704Mb must be sorted in smaller pieces, then merged.
 To protect data  
 .Nm  
 .Fl o  
 calls link and unlink, and thus fails in protected directories.  
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