From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gerald.Jean@spgdag.ca Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Reading portions of large files Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:45:06 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042135932 5991 80.91.224.249 (9 Jan 2003 18:12:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:12:12 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18WhA3-0001YO-00 for ; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 19:12:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Wh1E-0003mj-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 13:03:04 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Wfcy-0006jr-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 11:33:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18WfRh-00040g-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 11:22:27 -0500 Original-Received: from lasecurite.com ([206.47.217.126] helo=mail.spgdag.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Werk-0008EI-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:45:08 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on NTNOPASL1/SRVEXT/SPGDAG/Desjardins(Release 5.0.5 |September 22, 2000) at 01/09/2003 10:45:08 AM X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5302 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5302 Hello, I have very large files, sometimes over 1G, from which I would like to = edit very small portions, the headers or trailers for example. Emacs won't = open those files, it complains about them being too big. Is it possible to edit, and save back after editing, only small portions of such files. Thanks, G=E9rald Jean Analyste-conseil (statistiques), Actuariat t=E9lephone : (418) 835-4900 poste (7639) t=E9lecopieur : (418) 835-6657 courrier =E9lectronique: gerald.jean@spgdag.ca "In God we trust all others must bring data" W. Edwards Deming=