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Old 07-30-2012
how to get a subset of such a file
Dear all,

I have a file lik below: n of row=420, n of letters in each row=100000 like below: there is no space between the letters.
what I want is: the 75000th letter to the 85000th letter in each row.
how to do that? thanks a lot!

GCTAACTTCCGGGAGGGGGCTTATAATACTAGCTACGCTTTGCACACGGGAAAGGCCTTCGGAGAAAAGTCAATCATGCGCTTCCTCAGTTCCAGGAAAA GGACCTGCGGGAACCGGAGACTTCCGGGAGGGGGCTTATAATACTAGCTACGCTTTGCACACGGGAAAGGCCTTCGGAGAAAAGTCAATCATGCGCTTCC TCAGTTCCAGGAAAAGGACCTGCGGGAACCGGAGGGCT
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Old 07-30-2012
cut
Hi,

Try this one,
Code:
cut -c75000-85000 file

Cheers,
Ranga:-)
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Old 07-30-2012
it works. thanks a lot!

Lin
 
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