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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sort question Post 302289085 by quirkasaurus on Wednesday 18th of February 2009 04:19:29 PM
Old 02-18-2009
btw -- cj -- nice solution! i didn't notice (duh) that you could sort on the A then the P.
 

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cbtest

CBTEST(1)						      Quick Database Manager							 CBTEST(1)

NAME

       cbtest - test cases for QDBM Cabin

SYNOPSIS

       cbtest sort [-d] rnum
       cbtest strstr [-d] rnum
       cbtest list [-d] rnum
       cbtest map [-d] rnum
       cbtest wicked rnum
       cbtest misc

DESCRIPTION

       The command `cbtest' is a utility for facility test and performance test.  Measure the execution time of the command.  This command is used
       in the following format.  `rnum' specifies the number of records.

       cbtest sort [-d] rnum
	      Perform test of sorting algorithms.

       cbtest sort [-d] rnum
	      Perform test of string locating algorithms.

       cbtest list [-d] rnum
	      Perform writing test of list.

       cbtest map [-d] rnum
	      Perform writing test of map.

       cbtest wicked rnum
	      Perform updating operations of list and map selected at random.

       cbtest misc
	      Perform test of miscellaneous routines.

       Options feature the following.

	      -d : read and show data of the result.

       This command returns 0 on success, another on failure.

SEE ALSO

       qdbm(3), cabin(3)

AUTHOR

       QDBM was written by Mikio Hirabayashi <mikio@fallabs.com>.

Man Page							    2005-06-01								 CBTEST(1)
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