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Old 04-28-2006
viewing and searching large file

I need to search a very large file. 13g in size. i am looking for a record that has a value in the byte 4200 . how can i view the file or how can i search for value in the byte 4200?
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Old 04-29-2006
Hello..
This very large file of yours is in what format....ascii. ebsidec, binary...or what program writes to this file...please let us know...
 
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