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   Tom Del Rosso to All   
   Re: SORT.EXE   
   10 Nov 19 10:50:45   
   
   From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   JJ wrote:   
   > On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 19:04:35 -0500, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >> How does sort work?  I don't mean sort algorithms, but how it handles   
   >> streams.  It must store all the data, and output only after the   
   >> input is done, so does it just store it in memory and depend on   
   >> paging if it doesn't fit?   
   >   
   > It's explained on its /M switch documentation. 2nd paragraph. Type:   
   > sort /?   
      
   Thanks.  I didn't expect that much information in the CL help.   
      
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