BEGIN {

	command = "sort"

	n = split("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", a, "")

	for (i = n; i > 0; i--) {

#		print "printing", a[i] > "/dev/stderr"

		print a[i] |& command

	}

	close(command, "to")

#	print "starting read loop" > "/dev/stderr"

	do {

		if (line)

			print "got", line

#		stopme();

	} while ((command |& getline line) > 0)

#	print "doing final close" > "/dev/stderr"

	close(command)

}