* Tom Purl [2007.04.05 12:00]: > > I need to do that quite often. They are usually > > log files from a long running program in debug > > mode. > > Actually, you can think of a log file as a sort > of flat file database. Here's an example
I appreciate all the help but I really don't have a problem with large files. I *do* preprocess my large files with grep/awk/perl in all sorts of ways and *do* use vim to view and edit the resulting chunks. I am not the OP, and I was just mentioning log files because someone sounded surprised one might legitimately need to edit a 1GB file. And before somebody mentions it, I do know about logrotate... :-) -- JR
