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Old 10-09-2006
MySQL Limit of no of characters PER LINE in a unix file
Hi , Whats the limit of characters PER LINE in a unix file , allowed for editing..sort , cut , sed , awk etc
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Old 10-09-2006
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Hi , Whats the limit of characters PER LINE in a unix file , allowed for editing..sort , cut , sed , awk etc
Maximum characters per line for SORT is 2048
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Old 10-09-2006
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Hi , Whats the limit of characters PER LINE in a unix file , allowed for editing..sort , cut , sed , awk etc
I think maximum characters per line vary from one version of OS to other .
I found variable LINE_MAX in limits.h which controls maximum characters per line in HP-UNIX.
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Old 10-10-2006
Where can i find the limit.h .. can u give the path in HP UX
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Old 10-10-2006
Well i found that in include directory , but atm there is no variable like LINE_MAX.
I am using AIX
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Old 10-10-2006
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Well i found that in include directory , but atm there is no variable like LINE_MAX.
I am using AIX
I found that variable when i was going through the man cut. There they mentioned that the maximum characters per line is given by LINE_MAX . Check the man for cut or fold .
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