Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
xaa, xab, ... Chunks of the original file that can fit
in 1.4MB floppies (does anyone use these
anymore?)
A Linux boot floppy saved out bacon just last week, and it's still the
easiest
On 2005-06-19 22:37, "Andrew L. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sunday 19 June 2005 10:34 pm, Olivier Nicole wrote:
>>> 2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
>>> original file? I assume you can cat text files into a new file
>>> using redirection (>>); but can you
On Sunday 19 June 2005 22:31, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> 1. Can the split utility be used on binary files?
Yes.
> 2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
> original file? I assume you can cat text files into a new file using
> redirection (>>); but can you do that with
Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> Regarding the usage of split to divide files into several parts:
>
> 1. Can the split utility be used on binary files?
>
> 2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
> original file? I assume you can cat text files into a new file using
> redire
In the last episode (Jun 19), Andrew L. Gould said:
> Regarding the usage of split to divide files into several parts:
>
> 1. Can the split utility be used on binary files?
split -b bytes infile basename.
> 2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
> original file? I a
On Sunday 19 June 2005 10:34 pm, Olivier Nicole wrote:
> > 2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
> > original file? I assume you can cat text files into a new file
> > using redirection (>>); but can you do that with a binary file?
>
> I'd say yes, you can cat a binary
> 2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
> original file? I assume you can cat text files into a new file using
> redirection (>>); but can you do that with a binary file?
I'd say yes, you can cat a binary file (though it is likely to mess-up
your screen).
Olivier
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Regarding the usage of split to divide files into several parts:
1. Can the split utility be used on binary files?
2. How does one rejoin the resulting split files to recreate the
original file? I assume you can cat text files into a new file using
redirection (>>); but can you do that with
