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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:58:04 +0100
From: Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk>
To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
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Subject: Re: Large mail file (3GB)
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On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 05:44:37PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington said:
> Hello Mate,
> 
> I have a file that is 3GB in mbox format. I need to split it into 3 parts
> then access it using elm, or even mutt. Is there a utility in FreeBSD that
> can be used to truncate a file into some predetermined parts? 

dd(1) ?

Ceri

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