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Article #1132Re: Breaking large file into pieces
From: Bob Peirce #305
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 1990 15:38
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 1990 15:38
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In article <9466@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: >In article <1990Sep11.134238.20218@dg-rtp.dg.com> monroe@dg-rtp.dg.com (Mark A Monroe) writes: >: I want to rip a large file into pieces, naming new files according >: to an ID string in the large file. For example, the large file contains >: records that look like this: >: >: Any suggestions? > >In standard shell+awk+sed it's a bit hard because you run out of file >descriptors. In nawk you can close the old file before you open the new. -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!darth!investor!rbp From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Breaking large file into pieces Message-ID: <1990Sep13.153834.27866@investor.pgh.pa.us> Date: 13 Sep 90 15:38:34 GMT References: <1990Sep11.134238.20218@dg-rtp.dg.com> <9466@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Reply-To: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) Organization: Cookson, Peirce & Co., Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 14