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Old 07-25-2002
How to view a big file(143M big)

1 . Thanks everyone who read the post first.
2 . I have a log file which size is 143M , I can not use vi open it .I can not use xedit open it too.
How to view it ?
If I want to view 200-300 ,how can I implement it
3 . Thanks
# 2  
Old 07-25-2002
to view the first 200 records

head -n 200 yourfile.log |pg

to view the last 100 records

tail -200 yourfile.log

see man on these for more details.
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Old 07-25-2002
thanks
# 4  
Old 07-25-2002
Alternative to head or tail:
if you dont like viewing 200 lines at a time using head or tail, then you can just download an editor for your WinX PC (EditPlus Pro at http://www.editplus.com/ ). Use it to grab your log file (EditPlus has an FTP feature built in) and view your file. EditPlus is great for huge files like this.
 
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