Copying a specific number of records from one file to another

cobilan · #1 (**permalink**) 03-27-03, 14:30

I have a huge file containing about 3 million records. I don't want to test using this huge file. I want to pull off the first 100 records from this file. Is there a command I can use to do this or will I have to write a script to do it?

I can use the SPLIT command and eventually get it down to 1000 records, but it takes a while.

Cobilan

sathyaram_s · #2 (**permalink**) 03-27-03, 17:41

head command .....

man head

should give you more details ..

eg. head -100 bigfile > myfile

Cheers

Sathyaram

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Originally posted by cobilan
I have a huge file containing about 3 million records. I don't want to test using this huge file. I want to pull off the first 100 records from this file. Is there a command I can use to do this or will I have to write a script to do it?

I can use the SPLIT command and eventually get it down to 1000 records, but it takes a while.

Cobilan

cobilan · #3 (**permalink**) 03-27-03, 19:05

Thank you soooooooooo much!!! You've saved me a lot of time!

Cheers!!!

Cobilan

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