How do I split file with rec length > 2048

[Tison]

I have a file with rec length of 2096.
I can "more" the file but would like to "grep" it.
How can I split a file vertically ie selecting each record bytes 1-1000 only
(Note ; not lines 1-1000 but bytes or columns)

 

[KenCunningham]

man cut with -b or -c options.

 

[michaelvv]

awk '{print substr($0,1,1000)}' filenamein>filenameout

 

[11011110000]

man split

 

[RodKnowlton]

Or user perl to do the grep:

perl -n -e 'print if /regex/' | more


Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+

 

[RodKnowlton]

Use, even. <sigh>

Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+