Re: Sorting large file

What about something along this line (if FMTSRC doesn't work for you): 

Read the file,writing a record to one of 26 files, based upon the first 
letter.  Most of the files would certainly be of manageable size by then, 
and the few remaining too-huge files could be run through the same process 
based upon their first 2 characters. Not pretty, but if the hugeness is an 
issue this solution would resolve that issue.

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Booth Martin
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http://www.MartinVT.com
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"Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
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10/04/2000 03:11 PM
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Folks,

I have a sequential file of 10,000,000 80-character text records.
How do I sort the file the most efficiently?

Leif

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