sorthead

ABOUT

Faster replacement for sort | head. Works orders of magnitude faster on large amount of data. Shows partial results (the current top) while working.

EXAMPLE USAGE

Find out what takes your disk space (shows current top directories while still working):

du -ha | sorthead -hr

OPTIONS

Usage of sorthead:
  -<digits>: same as -N <digits> (this option must always come first)
  -h, --human-numeric-sort=false: compare human readable numbers (e.g., 2K 1G)
  -I, --interactive=false: interactive mode (it is the default when no -N given)
  -k, --key=0: sort by field number N, not the whole string
  -N, --lines=10: print the first N lines instead of the first 10 (in interactive mode default is window size)
  -n, --numeric-sort=false: compare according to string numerical value
  -r, --reverse=false: reverse the result of comparisons

INSTALLATION

• install golang
• setup GOPATH as described here: http://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH
  • mkdir $HOME/go
  • export GOPATH=$HOME/go
• install required libraries (they will be installed into $GOPATH):
  • go get github.com/nsf/termbox-go
  • go get github.com/ogier/pflag
• run go build in this project's directory
• (optional) strip sorthead
• install sorthead to /usr/bin
• (optional) now you can uninstall golang and run rm -rf $GOPATH