Your bug report #12738: 'sort' wastes cpu-cycles of all available cpus which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 12738@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 12738: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12738 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems