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From: aj3u@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Asim Jalis)
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Subject: A question on awk and sort.
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Date: 28 May 90 22:59:53 GMT
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I need to use awk and sort on files with records that are longer than
the maximum length the two utilities allow.  I have looked at the man
pages and found nothing.  Is there a command line option through which
I could alter the maximum record lengths?