Public bug reported: The sort command hangs after sorting about 60% of a 1.7GB file.
To reproduce with public domain data: wget -O msb_mamm.zip 'https://ipt.vertnet.org/archive.do?r=msb_mamm&v=35.106' unzip msb_mamm.zip occurrence.txt sort occurrence.txt | pv --line-mode --size 356711 > /dev/null 237k 0:12:39 [0.00 /s] [===========> ] 66% ETA 0:00:00 (Also, this takes almost 2 minutes, vs 6 seconds with GNU sort.) gnusort occurrence.txt | pv --line-mode --size 356711 > /dev/null 356k 0:00:04 [74.1k/s] [===============>] 100% ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04 Package: rust-coreutils 0.8.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-14.14-generic 7.0.0 Uname: Linux 7.0.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CloudArchitecture: x86_64 CloudBuildName: server CloudID: nocloud CloudName: unknown CloudPlatform: nocloud CloudSerial: 20260421 CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/vdb) Date: Wed Jun 3 09:06:30 2026 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/cargo/bin/coreutils/sort ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: rust-coreutils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cloud-image resolute ** Description changed: The sort command hangs after sorting about 60% of a 1.7GB file. To reproduce with public domain data: wget -O msb_mamm.zip 'https://ipt.vertnet.org/archive.do?r=msb_mamm&v=35.106' unzip msb_mamm.zip occurrence.txt sort occurrence.txt | pv --line-mode --size 356711 > /dev/null + 237k 0:12:39 [0.00 /s] [===========> ] 66% ETA 0:00:00 (Also, this takes almost 2 minutes, vs 6 seconds with GNU sort.) gnusort occurrence.txt | pv --line-mode --size 356711 > /dev/null - 356k 0:00:04 [74.1k/s] [===============>] 100% + 356k 0:00:04 [74.1k/s] [===============>] 100% ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04 Package: rust-coreutils 0.8.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-14.14-generic 7.0.0 Uname: Linux 7.0.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CloudArchitecture: x86_64 CloudBuildName: server CloudID: nocloud CloudName: unknown CloudPlatform: nocloud CloudSerial: 20260421 CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/vdb) Date: Wed Jun 3 09:06:30 2026 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/cargo/bin/coreutils/sort ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, no user) - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, no user) + SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: rust-coreutils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2155137 Title: sort hangs on a large/long-lined text file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-coreutils/+bug/2155137/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
