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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4178- July 20, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4178- July 20, 2012
 
EDITING OF LARGE FILES  
  
Ever failed to open a very large  
file for editing in vi. Just try  
this tip:  
  
Suppose you want to make changes  
in top 500 lines of a 100 line file  
abc.txt.  
  
tail +500 abc.txt > tail.txt  
head -500 abc.txt > head.txt  
  
Edit file head.txt by opening in  
a vi editor.  
  
Now append file tail.txt to  
head.txt by:  
  
cat tail.txt >> head.txt  
mv head.txt > abc.txt  
rm head.txt tail.txt  
  
  
This tip generously supported by: akash@cadence.com  
  
  
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