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Re^3: Edit huge file

by MidLifeXis (Monsignor)
on Jun 19, 2013 at 13:15 UTC ( [id://1039776]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Edit huge file
in thread Edit huge file

I used software that had its "database" in a set of text files, and that is how it removed data, awaiting a repack. It would identify the record as a deleted record, record the length, then fill the rest with some padding character of some sort to remove the old data.

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