FastSort Manual

Sorting Interactively
FastSort Manual—429834-003
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Specifying Input Records at the Input Prompt
FastSort sorts and merges the records in the input files, then displays the sorted and
merged records and the statistics for the sort run on your terminal, as shown below:
apple
banana
grape
grapefruit
lemon
orange
watermelon
7 RECORDS 132 MAX RECORD SIZE
00:04 ELAPSED TIME 166 BUFFER PAGES
00:00 I/O WAIT TIME 0 INITIAL RUNS
16 COMPARES 0 MERGE ORDER
0 SCRATCH DISK
0 SCRATCH SEEKS
Errors detected: 0
Warnings detected: 0
Specifying Input Records at the Input Prompt
If you do not specify input records in a command file or input files with the FROM
command, FastSort prompts you to enter input records from your terminal. The input
prompt is a question mark:
?
When you specify records at the input prompt, enter only one record after each input
prompt. When you finish entering records, press Ctrl-Y, the logical end-of-file character:
16> SORT
FastSort - T9620D30 - (31OCT94)
COPYRIGHT TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED 1991 - 1994
<ASCENDING 1:10
<RUN
?weeping fig
?daffodil
?red juniper
?Ctrl-Y EOF!
daffodil
red juniper
weeping fig
3 RECORDS 132 MAX RECORD SIZE
00:25 ELAPSED TIME 166 BUFFER PAGES
00:00 I/O WAIT TIME 0 INITIAL RUNS
4 COMPARES 0 MERGE ORDER
0 SCRATCH DISK
0 SCRATCH SEEKS