Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:41:20 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Jacques Hugo <jacques@ctech.ac.za> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: carving up a file Message-ID: <19981211224120.09768@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3670DF30.41C67EA6@ctech.ac.za>; from Jacques Hugo on Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 11:00:32AM %2B0200 References: <19981211195018.15365@welearn.com.au> <3670DF30.41C67EA6@ctech.ac.za>
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On Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 11:00:32AM +0200, Jacques Hugo wrote:
> 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.
That looks handy! If only I'd known about it at the start, I could have
made sure all the chapters were written to equal lengths :-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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