see the man page for "tail"
On 09/27/1999 19:17 +0200, Robert Kellner wrote:
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>> Operating System: Linux 2.2.5
>> Date: 27-Sep-99
>> Time: 19:01:02
>> Location: Bayreuth, Germany
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>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm searching for a way to cut the end of certain files.
>> I know, dd works with the skip option, also split is working
>> to achieve a good result, but they do not satisfy with large
>> files (300MB +), since these progs make copy except for the
>> end I want to cut out.
>>
>> So, is there a smart way to cut the last bytes of a large file
>> without having to duplicate it?
>>
>>
>> Robert Kellner
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