Francesco Pietra wrote: > Hi: > > Is any command faster than > > cat filename > > to reach and print on screen the last page of the file? >
Define 'page'. Anyway, the command you want is 'tail'. By default it prints the last 10 lines, but this can be changed, see the man page. > The question (i hope) is not outside amd64 As a matter of fact it is not amd64-specific, debian-user would have been more appropriate. > as such large files as 10GB > can only result from computations at 64 bit. > As long as the filesystem supports, it's trivial to create a 10GB file even on 32-bit systems. But I digress. -- The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. Eduardo M KALINOWSKI [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
