Re: how to handle record size longer than 255 characters

From: rakesh sharma (sharma__r_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/21/03 

Date: 21 Aug 2003 14:35:58 -0700

"Kenneth" <kenneth@cde.com> wrote in message news:<bi2u7f$pv58@rain.i-cable.com>...
> I need to read the data for a text files and need to modify that records.
> However if the record is longer than 255 characters, the record read will be
> truncated. How can I read and write (or update) this kind of data?

use perl.

if you don't know perl but know 'awk' then write it in that,
and translate it to 'perl' using 'a2p' converter.

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