Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:

> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgad...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> +            SECOND_SMALLEST_SIZE=$(ls -l .git/objects/pack/*pack | awk 
>> "{print \$5;}" | sort -n | head -n 2 | tail -n 1) &&
>
> awk is capable of remembering $5 from each line of input, sorting
> them and picking the second smallest element from it, isn't it?
>
>> +            BATCH_SIZE=$(($SECOND_SMALLEST_SIZE + 1)) &&
>
> ... or incrementing the number by one, before reporting, for that
> matter.


Oops, please disregard.  My awk is rusty.  Unless we are willing to
rely on gawk, which we are not, it is not practical to sort inside
awk.

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