On 8/26/05, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To get the first part all you have to do is count bytes. For example, to > read the first 1000 bytes from file DATA: > > dd if=DATA bs=1 count=1000 | some-program
Ah! Yes. I was so caught up on thinking seek and skip were opposites, and that one should do what I wanted... Is block size limitless? Why do you suggest "bs=1000 count=1" Carl? Performance reasons? -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
