Re: split large files
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 07:19:46AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 04:28, Jens Tobiska wrote:
> > When using `split' (textutils 2.0-12) to split a large file (4.2G) I've
> > found an inconsistency. The original file consists of number - one per
> > line - total 5*10^8. After `split -l 10000000 foo' I have 50 files. In
> > some of them, however a dot has been replaced by `<'.
> >
> > Is this a known problem? `foo' has been created in Windows if that
> > makes a difference.
>
> I think I'd go in with a binary editor and see if the underlying
> data has changed.
>
I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. As I wrote, in some of the
50 files the data has changed (2 files, one number changed in each).
Why should I use a BINARY editor? It's all ASCII.
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