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Re: Reading portions of large files
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Lee Sau Dan |
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Re: Reading portions of large files |
Date: |
20 Jan 2003 08:50:30 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Brendan" == Brendan Halpin <brendan.halpin@ul.ie> writes:
Brendan> Use head and tail to split the file into the
Brendan> header-to-be-edited and the-rest. Edit the
Brendan> header-to-be-edited in emacs, save, then concatenated
Brendan> the-rest onto it.
Brendan> Assuming all editing is within the first 2000 bytes (not
Brendan> tested):
Brendan> head -c2000 bigfile > header-to-be-edited
Brendan> tail -c+2001 bigfile > the-rest
Brendan> (edit header-to-be-edited, save)
Brendan> cat header-to-be-edited the-rest > new-big-file
Why not use 'split'? :)
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- Re: Reading portions of large files, (continued)
Re: Reading portions of large files, Eric Pement, 2003/01/10
Re: Reading portions of large files, Brendan Halpin, 2003/01/10
Re: Reading portions of large files,
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