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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-12-06 13:42:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-12-06 13:42:21 +0000 |
| commit | 7209272d72110c2ad3d551467d4173a46566c635 (patch) | |
| tree | 685d008619bd1d585b5c219849b4b805903ea899 /tests/sort-time/README | |
| parent | 6ee3c1a91a9228dc7ae196706202b423c96bd4cf (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-7209272d72110c2ad3d551467d4173a46566c635.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/tests/sort-time/README b/tests/sort-time/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fcb9d3dca --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/sort-time/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +determine whether it's worthwhile to add a --line-length=N option to sort. +Add the option and perform this test: + +Test method: +============== +for n in 80 200 400 800 3000; do + sort a file with $n-char lines using the default of N=30 + sort the same file with --line-length=$n + compare run times +done + +do this on at least SunOS, Linux, Solaris |