This is File::Sort, for sorting files similarly to sort(1). Written primarily for MacPerl users who do not have sort(1) and because of memory limitations cannot sort files in memory, but works on all perls, and can be useful for portable sorting of large files, or for any system that doesn't have a sort(1) and is virtual-memory-deprived (including Windows). See HISTORY in the POD for changes. This archive can always be obtained from: http://sf.net/projects/file-sort/ http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/CNANDOR/ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/File/ Please let me know how well it does(n't) work, and any changes you'd like to see. The sort.pudge program in eg/ does not actually use the File::Sort module; the actual File::Sort module sources are included in the program itself, as it is written for distribution with the PPT project . Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Chris Nandor. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. -- Chris Nandor pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ Open Source Development Network pudge@osdn.com http://osdn.com/