[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > Few minutes ago i used sort -u for sorting big file(236 Mb). I have 2 core > cpu(core 2 duo), but i found that sort use only one cpu(work in one thread). > I think it is good idea to make option(or by default) for sorting in threads > to increase performance on systems that might execute more than one thread in > parallel. > Klimentov Konstantin.
Hi, If you're using a shell that supports process substitution you could try splitting your file in half and putting the bulk sorts of each half as inputs to a merge: So if you were doing: $ sort bigfile You could do: $ sort -m <(sort bigfile.firsthalf) <(sort bigfile.secondhalf) Bo _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
