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Old 05-13-2008
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The maximum size of an input line is limited by LINE_MAX. getconf LINE_MAX tells you how long an input line can be.

Code:
ls -1 fancy* | \
awk -F"LANG_" '{
    if (NF==2)
       p[$1$2]=$0
    else
       q[$0]
} END {
  for (i in q)
      printf("%s\n%s\n", i, p[i])}'
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