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Article #1102Re: How to do <cmd> file | hold file
From: Joe Smith
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 1990 00:34
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 1990 00:34
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In article <2274@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> jlhaferman@l_cae07.icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeffrey Lawrence Haferman) writes:
>For example, suppose I want to sort a file and place the result in the same
>file without destroying it, e.g.
> % sort file > tmp; mv tmp file
You can use "sort file -o file" for that particular problem. (It's in the
man pages.)
In general, you have to find a suitable location to hold the file, then
mv it to the destination. Buffering the entire file in RAM does not work
for large files.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!tymix!tardis!jms From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: How to do <cmd> file | hold file Summary: sort file -o file Message-ID: <1215@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Date: 8 Sep 90 00:34:09 GMT References: <2274@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA Lines: 16