Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 11:00:32 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@ctech.ac.za> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: carving up a file Message-ID: <3670DF30.41C67EA6@ctech.ac.za> References: <19981211195018.15365@welearn.com.au>
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Sue Blake wrote: > > I've got a 2 meg text (RTF) file to split into a dozen files, one for > each chapter, after each time it is edited. > > There is a distinctive string at the beginning of each chapter, > another could be added to the file, or I could go by line numbers. > > Is there already an easy way to do this, or do I roll my own? Roll my own ?? ;) cute. Have a look at split(1) -b gives you byte-count and -l by lines. Cheers -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" ... so I got BSD Network Administrator | Jacques Hugo UNIX Systems | jacques@ctech.ac.za Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 ------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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