[svlug] edit a 1GB file

[J C Lawrence]

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:28:44 -0800 
Matt Billenstein <matt at vazor.com> wrote:

> Yup, size of the file may change.  It's a text file and I search for a
> line matching some pattern and replace it with a different line.  

Ahh, then `sed` is your friend.

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