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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4178- July 20, 2012
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4178- July 20, 2012
 
 
EDITING OF LARGE FILES 
Ever failed to open a very large
 file for editing in vi. Just try
 this tip:
 
 Suppose you want to make changes
 in top 500 lines of a 100 line file
 abc.txt.
 
 tail +500 abc.txt > tail.txt
 head -500 abc.txt > head.txt
 
 Edit file head.txt by opening in
 a vi editor.
 
 Now append file tail.txt to
 head.txt by:
 
 cat tail.txt >> head.txt
 mv head.txt > abc.txt
 rm head.txt tail.txt
 
 
 This tip generously supported by: akash@cadence.com
 
 
 
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