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Re: cut -b gives bogus results on large files
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: cut -b gives bogus results on large files |
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Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:42:36 +0000 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
Daniel Janus wrote:
> I would expect the `out' file to be exactly 200 bytes in size
> and contain the first 200 bytes of `test'.
>From the cut man page:
"Print selected parts of _lines_ from each FILE"
use dd to chop bits of a file, without regard to lines.
cheers,
Pádraig.