I was sorting a very big file using Linux sort command and unfortunately the sort failed as there was not enough space on my /tmp directory.

$ sort -t “|” -k5 ka.log.32323112.out > ka.log.32323112.out sort: /tmp/sort1928700448: write error: No space left on device

just to mention, sort by default uses /tmp for temporaries.

So, how […]