"Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > The minimum bounds for a line is at least one byte (the newline) and > maybe more, depending on your data. You can seek() forward the minimum > amount of bytes that (1 billion -1) lines will consume and save > yourself some wasted IO.
But how do you know which line number you're on, then? John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list