Re: Limit on "fmt" buffer size? Loose much of long line.

From: rc (rc_at_networkz.ch)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: 12 Sep 2004 01:00:41 -0700

Fred Ma <fma@doe.carleton.ca> wrote in message news:<4143AD74.B2BF63D@doe.carleton.ca>...
> I would probably be better off picking up some perl basics
> to script a line chopper. The problem is, good Perl books are in high
> demand, and one never gets to borrow it from the library for long.
> Fred

Hi Fred

Maybe this is already enough for you:

rc@caja:~ $ cat /tmp/test.txt
12 3 44 55 12 23 234
rc@caja:~ $ perl -pe 's/ /\n/g' < /tmp/test.txt
12
3
44
55
12
23
234
rc@caja:~ $

Then pipe it to tail - should work.

Best regards
Christian