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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: file too large
Keywords: vi can't read file - help?
Message-ID: <1170@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 89 15:59:01 GMT
References: <2388@netcom.UUCP>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <2388@netcom.UUCP>, beaulieu@netcom.UUCP (Bob Beaulieu) writes:
> I have a text file that is very large (26,000+ lines) and would like
> to break it down to 5-6 smaller files. Is there an easy way to handle
> this?

Try split(1) which allows you to split the file into different segments
by # of lines.  If you want to have some form of logical split of the 
data, use split(1) to break the file into manageable parts and then
piece the parts you want together.
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