On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:59:25PM -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:38:28 -0800, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:30:16PM -0800, Michael J McCafferty wrote: > > > > > > I have a log file that wasn't rotated for a while (it's destination > > > directory > > > didn't exist). It got big (about a gig and a half). I need to break it > > > into > > > smaller chunks. Ideally it would be in one day chunks, but just dividing > > > the > > > huge file in to a dozen or so smaller ones would be just fine. > > > > > > What's the tool ? What's the command using that tool ? > > > > > > Mike > > > > If you want to read the chunks, perl. If you want them just to be smaller, > > split. > > Why perl? If you want to split on line boundaries, "split -l". > If there is some structure to the file that can be used for > distinguishing one chunk from the previous, "csplit". > > carl
Carl "he knows his SW" Lowenstein has spoken. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
