Re: [OT] Alphabetize newsrc File

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 02:52:17PM -0700, Jeff Grossman wrote:
> >>     sort -o .newsrc .newsrc
> > This isn't safe or even available on all operating systems. Check at
> > least the man page before using it.
> Why is it not safe?  I am not asking as I think it is safe, I am asking
> because I have no idea and curious what your thinking is.

cause some implementations of sort (IIRC I've seen this on HP-UX 8 or
9) use a fixed ammunt of memory so inputfile might be overwritten by
the outputfile -> data loss.

sort < foo > bar && mv -f bar foo

urs
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