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

Sort all input rows as specified by the numeric or lexical columns.

Dbsort consumes a fixed amount of memory regardless of input size. (It reverts to temporary files on disk if necessary, based on the -M and -T options.)

The sort should be stable, but this has not yet been verified.

For large inputs (those that spill to disk), dbsort will do some of the merging in parallel, if possible. The --parallel option can control the degree of parallelism, if desired.

General option:

-M MaxMemBytes

Specify an approximate limit on memory usage (in bytes). Larger values allow faster sorting because more operations happen in-memory, provided you have enough memory.

-T TmpDir

where to put tmp files. Also uses environment variable TMPDIR, if -T is  not specified. Default is /tmp.

--parallelism N or -j N

Allow up to N merges to happen in parallel. Default is the number of CPUs in the machine.

Sort specification options (can be interspersed with column names):

-r or --descending

sort in reverse order (high to low)

-R or --ascending

sort in normal order (low to high)

-t or --type-inferred-sorting

sort fields by type (numeric or leicographic), automatically

-T or --no-type-inferred-sorting

sort fields only as specified based on -n or -N

-n or --numeric

sort numerically

-N or --lexical

sort lexicographically

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d

Enable debugging output.

-i or --input InputSource

Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or - for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

-o or --output OutputDestination

Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or - for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

--autorun or --noautorun

By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The --(no)autorun option controls that behavior within Perl.

--header H

Use H as the full Fsdb header, rather than reading a header from then input.

--help

Show help.

--man

Show full manual.

dbmerge(1), dbmapreduce(1), Fsdb(3)

Copyright (C) 1991-2018 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2.  See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.

dbmerge(1), dbmerge2(1).