> About the efficiency, why do u need python at all... > How abt a simple shell command.... > cat httpd-access.log>>log.bak >
Because that would be a copy, well actually an append... cp httpd-access.log log.bak would be better! But the OP wanted to strip out long lines in transit not just copy... Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
