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From: anneb@ai.etl.army.mil (Anne Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: splitting huge \n-less files (a summary)
Keywords: compress, dd, split (new), perl, nroff, tr
Message-ID: <64@ai.etl.army.mil>
Date: 3 Jul 90 17:23:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: USAETL, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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Yesterday, I asked for insight into splitting a long file up that split refused
to handle.  Thanks to everyone who replied.  Solutions included:

1) get a new version of split (found on uunet in bsd-sources/src/usr.bin/
	(info courtesy Jonathan Kamens at MIT, posted yesterday)

2) use a perl script:

	#!/usr/bin/perl
	$out = "xaa";
	while (read(STDIN,$foo,32768)) {
	    open(OUT, '>' . $out++); print OUT $foo;
	}
	(script courtesy Larry Wall, also posted yesterday)

3) several people suggested using dd with the skip= and count= options

4) Do something with compress and pipe through a filter that will put in
   newlines

4) nroff the file
	(from Michael Kosmin)

5) judicious use of tr changing a recurrent character into a \n
	(also from several people)


Once again, thanks!  Now, to work chopping up files......

				-Anne
				anneb@etl.army.mil
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