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From: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@nikoma.de>
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Greetings,

it appears that tail is not functioning properly with a file > 2 GB.
What can I do to tail such a file (actually to make it smaller than 2 GB) ?

Is there a large file capable tail for FreeBSD ?

I have also found that 'less' is unable to display that file, but more is.
:-/

Michael


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