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Re: cut fails with "cut: memory exhausted" when taking a large slice
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Ken Wolcott |
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Re: cut fails with "cut: memory exhausted" when taking a large slice |
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Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:54:56 -0500 |
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On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 13:31, Mordy Ovits wrote:
> When I try to cut a 412,569,600 byte chunk from the middle of a 9GB file, cut
> fails. I believe it is trying to allocate memory for the full 412MB, which
> is not the best way to do it. It's best to do it in chunks, like cp does.
>
> Also, does cut support files larger than 4GB?
>
> This in on Linux 2.4.22 with glibc 2.3 and coreutils-5.0-6.1.92mdk
>
> Even if its a bug, can you recommend another tool that will allow taking a
> large slice from a huge file?
>
> Thanks,
> Mordy
Re: cut fails with "cut: memory exhausted" when taking a large slice,
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