Strings Sorter

The sort_strings utility is designed to sort strings in a file and output them to standard output

Features

The utility supports two types of working with a file:
• Via File I/O API
• Through file mapping into memory
Also supports 5 types of sortings: bubble, merge, insertion, radix and quick
At least supports sorting in ascending(asc) and descending order(des)

The parameter for the number of rows to sort in [1:MaxNumOfLinesInFile]
To find out how many lines are in a file you can use:

1. in linux: wc -l inputfile.in
2. in windows: (Get-Content C:\inputfile.in).Length

! Line output is limited to thousands of characters !

Usage

common use:
./sort_strings number_of_str's input.in option_sorting comparator

This project has the ability to automatically build and test, implemented using CMake and CTest
Manually utility based on i/o api
To build project(and configure the type of working with file), test and clean must be in the project root then :

1. To create build dir use:
2. if you want to configure util with Map type use: cmake -B build -DUSE_MMAP=ON and cmake --build build or do not specify the parameter Then you can find in build/ executable file to use according to the usage or
3. Run tests with: cmake --build build --target run_all_tests

After finishing work, to delete the build directory use: cmake --build build --target clean-build or rm -rf ./build