Line too long

[Ambatim]

I am trying to open a log file with vi.

It is saying "Line too long" and not displaying the full file.

How can I view the file.

Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[bi]

vi has a limit of 1024 characters per line. You could view and edit the file with the CDE editor, or ftp the file to your desktop and open it with an editor there.

If you just want to view the file, you could do a cat filename | more or a page filename.

There may be other Unix editors than can handle more than 1024 characters, but I'm not familiar with them.

 

[smurtzy]

I believe you should be able to use 'more' if you just wanted to view the file. Be careful about ftping back and forth as it may insert characters along the way that your programs can not understand......