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I don’t open big files at all. There’s no point. Files exist as data made to be transformed from one form to another. It is only worth looking at a file in its
by xwdv 7y ago
I don’t open big files at all. There’s no point. Files exist as data made to be transformed from one form to another. It is only worth looking at a file in its final form unless you are making some kind of edit.
And even then, I make edits on large files through a series of commands, never opening the file.
By thinking of files in this way, it becomes easy to create programmable tool chains for manipulation.
- whowhatwhy 7y agonot everybody uses a computer for the same exact thing you use a computer for
- TheColorYellow 6y agoWhat's your typical strategy for parsing something like a large text file for some relevant data? Suppose you could cat and grep, but what if you don't know what you're looking for?