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I am trying sort based on key value (6th field). The file is around 270 GB.

1|803684617|558888522818|12nbhmjggl|2018-07-07|0000012345|DIVIDED
1|803684617|558888522818|12nbhmjggl|2018-07-07|0000010501|busted
1|803684617|558888522818|12nbhmjggl|2018-07-07|0000012344|explosion

I tried this command 

sort -t $'\t' -k 4,4 <filename>

I am getting message as 

sort: write failed: /tmp/sortzOWhwz: No space left on device
NITISH SINGH
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  • It looks like you don't have enough space left to store the temporary files created by the sort. – Danny_ds Aug 10 '18 at 11:17
  • Yes correct... and solution for that? – NITISH SINGH Aug 10 '18 at 14:42
  • The easiest solution would be to use a bigger hard disk. Or you could write your own sorting/indexing routine, or split the file, sort the parts and merge them together with some code. Or just use a database to do the indexing for you. – Danny_ds Aug 10 '18 at 19:35

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