> I was told we need to find a software package that can do various
> sorts on ASCII files. We were going to buy a package from Syncsort
> to do this with Solaris 2.5.1 but the vendor wanted $14k because our
> Enterprise 3k has 4 processors. Our project manager just said to
> them "f*** you."
> Now my question is: is there any way I can do this kind of thing with
> Perl? If so are there any pages that can help me with writing an
> app that will do a binary or bubble or whatever other sort there is?
> And can Perl handle files containing millions of records?
> It'd be nice if I can show management I can do just as well a job in
> about an hour with freeware as compared with commercial software.
> BTW we are an NT house.
If you're doing this in a C or C++ program, you can lookup & use the builtin
qsort utility. Try doing a "man qsort" & then check a C reference book.
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