Re: replacing single line of text

2006-07-30 Thread saad82
Simon & Tim, very valuable responses. Thank you much! Simon Forman wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I want to be able to replace a single line in a large text file > > (several hundred MB). Using the cookbook's method (below) works but I > > think the replace fxn chokes on such a large chunk

Re: replacing single line of text

2006-07-28 Thread Simon Forman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to be able to replace a single line in a large text file > (several hundred MB). Using the cookbook's method (below) works but I > think the replace fxn chokes on such a large chunk of text. For now, I > simply want to replace the 1st line (CSV header) in the file

Re: replacing single line of text

2006-07-28 Thread Tim Chase
> I want to be able to replace a single line in a large text file > (several hundred MB). Using the cookbook's method (below) works but I > think the replace fxn chokes on such a large chunk of text. For now, I > simply want to replace the 1st line (CSV header) in the file but I'd > also like to kn

replacing single line of text

2006-07-28 Thread saad82
I want to be able to replace a single line in a large text file (several hundred MB). Using the cookbook's method (below) works but I think the replace fxn chokes on such a large chunk of text. For now, I simply want to replace the 1st line (CSV header) in the file but I'd also like to know a more