But that is NOT "in place"... i.e. when finished, he'll have two copies of the file. If disk space is tight... that won't work.
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:22:18 -0700 Anna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > find out which byte terminates the first 300 lines. maybe... > > ~$ BYTES=$(head -300 nameofbigfile.txt | wc -c) > > then use that info with dd skip the first part of the input file... > > ~$ dd if=nameofbigfile.txt of=truncatedversion.pl ibs=$BYTES skip=1 > > one of many ways, I'm sure. I think this way should be pretty fast > because it works on a line by line basis for just a small part of the > file. The rest, with dd, is done in larger pieces. > > - Anna > > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 01:01:03PM -0700, Grant Kelly wrote: > > Alright unix fans, who can answer this the best? > > > > I have a text file, it's about 2.3 GB. I need to delete the first 300 > > lines, and I don't want to have to load the entire thing into an > > editor. > > > > I'm trying `sed '1,300d' inputfile > output file` but it's taking a > > long time (and space) to output everything to the new file. > > > > There has got to be a better way, a way that can do this in-place... > > > > > > Grant > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > RLUG@rlug.org > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > RLUG@rlug.org > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list RLUG@rlug.org http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
