[Tutor] sorting a 2 gb file

[Alan Gauld]

> My data set the below is taken from is over 2.4 gb so speed and
memory
> considerations come into play.

To be honest, if this were my problem, I'd proably dump all the data
into a database and use SQL to extract what I needed. Thats a much
more effective tool for this kind of thing.

You can do it with Python, but I think we need more understanding
of the problem. For example what the various fields represent, how
much of a comparison (ie which fields, case sensitivity etc) leads
to "equality" etc.

Alan G.