How to sort binary file?

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  • Man4ish
    New Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 151
    #1

    How to sort binary file?

    Hi,

    I am working on one practical problem where file size is around 100 GB(binary). I need to sort the file. How can i do it?

    Regards
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    • Banfa
      Recognized Expert Expert
      • Feb 2006
      • 9067
      #2
      You can start by defining sort as applied to a binary file.

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        • Man4ish
          New Member
          • Mar 2008
          • 151
          #3
          Sort means quick sort or need to write own function?

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            • Banfa
              Recognized Expert Expert
              • Feb 2006
              • 9067
              #4
              No what I mean is a binary file can contain anything, in fact every file is a binary file (even text files) so without knowing the format of what's in the file we can't really advise how to sort it.

              For example does it 100,000,000,000 1 byte records to 1000 100MB records?

              What is the defining feature of each record that you want to sort on?

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