1DBSORT(1)             User Contributed Perl Documentation            DBSORT(1)
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NAME

6       dbsort - sort rows based on the the specified columns
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SYNOPSIS

9           dbsort [-M MemLimit] [-T TemporaryDirectory] [-nNrR] column [column...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Sort all input rows as specified by the numeric or lexical columns.
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14       Dbsort consumes a fixed amount of memory regardless of input size.  (It
15       reverts to temporary files on disk if necessary, based on the -M and -T
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18       The sort should be stable, but this has not yet been verified.
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20       For large inputs (those that spill to disk), dbsort will do some of the
21       merging in parallel, if possible.  The --parallel option can control
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OPTIONS

25       General option:
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27       -M MaxMemBytes
28           Specify an approximate limit on memory usage (in bytes).  Larger
29           values allow faster sorting because more operations happen in-
30           memory, provided you have enough memory.
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32       -T TmpDir
33           where to put tmp files.  Also uses environment variable TMPDIR, if
34           -T is not specified.  Default is /tmp.
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36       --parallelism N or -j N
37           Allow up to N merges to happen in parallel.  Default is the number
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40       Sort specification options (can be interspersed with column names):
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42       -r or --descending
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48       -t or --type-inferred-sorting
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51       -T or --no-type-inferred-sorting
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60       This module also supports the standard fsdb options:
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64       -i or --input InputSource
65           Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or "-" for standard
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69       -o or --output OutputDestination
70           Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or "-" for
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74       --autorun or --noautorun
75           By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter
76           objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method.  The
77           "--(no)autorun" option controls that behavior within Perl.
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79       --header H
80           Use H as the full Fsdb header, rather than reading a header from
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83       --help
84           Show help.
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86       --man
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SAMPLE USAGE

90   Input:
91           #fsdb cid cname
92           10 pascal
93           11 numanal
94           12 os
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96   Command:
97           cat data.fsdb | dbsort cname
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99   Output:
100           #fsdb      cid     cname
101           11 numanal
102           12 os
103           10 pascal
104           #  | dbsort cname
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SEE ALSO

107       dbmerge(1), dbmapreduce(1), Fsdb(3)
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110       Copyright (C) 1991-2018 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
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112       This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public
113       license, version 2.  See the file COPYING with the distribution for
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