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Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x)
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Bo Borgerson |
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Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x) |
Date: |
Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:51:11 -0400 |
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> I suppose you have a real application where this is useful?
> If so, please describe it -- motivation/justification helps ;-)
>
Just a merge with a lot of source files. It's the same motivation as
the nmerge patch. I've actually got another patch as well that I'll
clean up and offer soon that allows a merge of > nmerge files to be
divided among sub-processes whose output is then merged by the parent,
which provides a performance benefit (if you've got the resources for
it). I've got yet another patch that adds an option to open
compressed files through a decompression program, so I don't have to
set up fifos for a merge of gzipped files.
I've been maintaining these patches against sort for a while,
re-patching whenever a new release is published. I figured it would
be worth a shot seeing if I could get any them incorporated into the
package upstream. :)
I'm also just generally interested in helping out with maintenance. I
think I'm probably less experienced than most of the regular
contributors but I can help with simple stuff and when it comes to
coding I think doing is the best way of learning.
> I think so. du and wc each have the --files0-from=F option, added for
> the same reason. Any such option in sort should have the same name and
> be implemented in the same way.
That seems reasonable enough. Looks like readtokens0 does most of the
work for me. :)
How would you feel about also including a --filesn-from=F option to
support pipelines like the one in my example where the input is
newline separated?
> [haven't forgotten about --nmerge. will get to it eventually ]
Thanks. :)
Bo
- [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/03
- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Jim Meyering, 2008/04/03
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- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Jim Meyering, 2008/04/03
- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/03
- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/06
- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Jim Meyering, 2008/04/06
- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/06
- Re: [PATCH] add new sort option --xargs (-x), Jim Meyering, 2008/04/03
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