Chris Goodey wrote:
> Having said that, I would warn against trying
> to manipulate large files with typical MPE commands.
> Without seeing exactly what you are doing I can't say,
> but I hope that most of the work in processing the
> 'large file' is being done by a program or you may
> find it takes a really long time to run.

POSIX's /bin/awk is particularly well suited for manipulating large files
without the overhead of typical CI-based approaches.

To learn more about awk, see:

        :xeq sh.hpbin.sys -L
        man awk

        or

        http://docs.hp.com/mpeix/pdf/36431-90007.pdf
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