On 3 February 2011 14:17, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Thu Feb  3 09:17:27 EST 2011, rogpe...@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 <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> > On Thu Feb  3 08:41:23 EST 2011, rogpe...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> On 3 February 2011 13:01, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> >> > 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.  ☺

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

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