Russell Coker wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > There is always 'head'. > > > > head --bytes=1024m > > That doesn't do what I want at all.
I knew you wouldn't be happy with it. :-) I did mention that it copied the data twice for example. But it was an obvious program to mention because it could be used for the stated purpose. > Yes, particularly when a program named truncate(1) would be a good > complement to truncate(2). I see that Jim has come through with a perl program to do just that. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
