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Date: Thu,  3 Feb 2011 14:24:51 +0000
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From: roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] RESOLVED: recoving important header file rudely
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On 3 February 2011 14:17, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Thu Feb =C2=A03 09:17:27 EST 2011, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote:
>> i've found it very useful quite a few times.
>> usually with oversized log files.
>>
>> On 3 February 2011 13:59, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> > On Thu Feb =C2=A03 08:41:23 EST 2011, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> On 3 February 2011 13:01, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrot=
e:
>> >> > i think you're better off with char*s and realloc.
>> >> > it's worth looking at the heavy machinery in sam
>> >> > and acme, though, and comparing against ed.
>> >>
>> >> i'd hesitate before trying to edit 500MB files in ed...
>> >>
>> >> nor does ed cope with arbitrary length lines.
>> >
>> > when has editing a 500mb text file ever been a problem?
>
> it's not a log file if you edit it. =C2=A0=E2=98=BA

structural regexps are excellent for making sense of some log files...