>
> hi all,
>
> I would like to be straight to the point here.
> i was doing some file manipulations in linux and have a need for
> utilities which help me do the following two activities...
>
> 1. to be able to split a big file into different parts (not of similar
> sizes) for eg. a 1000 kb file split from 1-100kb, 100-123kb,
> 123-500kb,.etc... ('split' only does same sizes, 'cut' does only for
> one line, and not the whole file...!)
>
not sure, but you can use "dd"
> 2. secondly, and more importantly, to download only a part of a big file
> from an ftp (or an http) server. i.e. download only 100-200kb from a 1Mb
> file from the net. ('wget' only restarts a partial download, doesnt seem
> to have an option for stopping a download at a particular point..)
>
> any ideas??
> (a pointer to a shell/perl script, or a perl module would be fantastic
> too..!)
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