Funnel

Sort Utility

You won’t find a more flexible, easier to use, faster sorting utility than Funnel.

Funnel is a sort utility to sort files, large and small. It efficiently handles fixed length records and variable length records. Funnel easily handles ascii (readable) data and binary data. There are many more features in Funnel. It is easy to use and very fast.

Sort Utility Features

Sort by any number of keys. Key types: String, Date / time, Integer, Float, and binary numbers too. Supports ascending and descending on each key. Supports Java-like format parsing for date keys (e.g.: MM-dd-yyyy)
Copy (original order or reversed).
Duplicate record handling (keep first, last, all, or all reversed) .
Input can be “standard input” or FileName.
Output can be “standard output” or FileName.
Variable length records. Any delimiter is supported and can be changed when rewriting the file.
Comma Separated Value (CSV) files with support for headings.
Fixed length records You can also convert fixed length to variable length records.
Save often used sort commands to a file and reuse them.
All sorting activity is logged to a log file.
Control over temporary files.
Caching and control options to control memory usage and increase sort efficiency
Command line usage. Instructions on the exact command line syntax.