-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Craig White wrote: <snip> > had to use vi for files of this size but it was painful. very damn slow. > You can use the 'split' command (man split for details). > > you could conceivably split the file into 8 pieces and thus only lose 8 > e-mails. wish i had thought of that. with out loss, open each file and pull out what is at end and start of sequenced files. - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIrJ/F+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAsidAKDIY6dJ3O7Dn0ucF/t3jFUuBoF83QCfTpHO Ph221XHqIXyFaPaZb/mAshc= =L63E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list