Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:03:03 -0700 (MST) From: "Joe Loughry" <loughry@qwest.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu Subject: Re: tools to split and merge files Message-ID: <200103062003.NAA83957@miranda.dnvr.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0103061424050.11614-100000@onyx>
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> Is there a utility that can split a binary file into pieces and then > combine them together again? Thanks. > > -Zhihui uuencode(1) the binary file before feeding it to split(1). This makes sure that split(1) doesn't run away if the binary file doesn't contain enough linefeeds, i.e., looks like one terribly long line. cat(1) the pieces back together on the other end and uudecode(1) the result. -Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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