12-17-2007
Hi.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
radoulov
...
If you want the number of files/parts,
it's important if the total number of lines in the bigfile is known a priori
(otherwise it will be slower, because we have to read it twice: first to get
the number of lines, and then again to split it).
This does not appear to need absolute precision. You can read the first 100 (or few hundreds) of lines, then seek to near the end, read another 100 or so until the end, then calculate the mean length of the lines you saw. Obtaining the length of the file is cheap -- Linux has a
stat command, but one could cut the length out from "ls -l". Divide the length in bytes by the estimated mean length and you get an estimate of the number of lines.
If necessary, one could also read a section from the middle (or elsewhere) to increase the accuracy.
The key is using a seek for positioning, and stat for the length -- both are very fast ... cheers, drl
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NAME
lptest - generate line printer ripple pattern
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/lptest [ length [count]]
DESCRIPTION
The lptest utility writes the traditional ripple test pattern to the standard output. In 96 lines, the ripple test pattern prints all 96
printable ASCII characters in each position. The ripple test pattern was originally created to test printers. It is also useful for test-
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This command is obsolete.
OPTIONS
length Specifies the length of the output line in characters. 79 characters is the default.
count Specifies the number of output lines. 200 lines is the default. If count is specified, length must also be specified.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
non-zero An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscplp |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
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