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Old 10-20-2009
Making Some Characters in file BOLD
Hi All,

I want to make some characters to be bold in a file.

I have a file e.g aa.log which contains

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
gfgfgdaerqrqwrqerqwrwqwrqrqwrqr
qqwerqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrq
qwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwr
File is too large to view

Last line characters i want to make bold. Like below

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
gfgfgdaerqrqwrqerqwrwqwrqrqwrqr
qqwerqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrq
qwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwrqwr
File is too large to view

i am using k shell.

Please tell me some examples or source code.


Thanks
Rajesh
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Old 10-20-2009
There is no standard way. That will mainly depends on how you view the file.
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