How to split a large xml file

2023-04-01 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi list, I have a 75Go xml file that I need to process, and therefore need to split it into smaller files. I tried to do that with LC, reading successive chunks of 5 lines with an endless loop and save them in successive files, but it crashes LC (9.6.9 on OSX 10.15) every time before finishin

Re: How to split a large xml file

2023-04-01 Thread kee nethery via use-livecode
I had to do this once upon a time and I used some of the unix commands in Terminal on a mac. The command is “split” and it was wicked fast. Just be sure to work on a copy of the file. Many examples on the interwebs. If you were going to do this day in a day out, yes, a GUI app would be a good id