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Split text file by hash value of first field in line

I am looking for a fast filter that will take a text file on standard input, hash each line up to the first tab character, and put the line into a different file depending on the hash value (modulo ...
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1answer
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What does shiftwidth do in VIM editor

I read this about shiftwidth option on Google: To change the number of space characters inserted for indentation, use the 'shiftwidth' option. Ok Ok, but what's that more exactly? How can I try this ...
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How to extract bytes from the middle of a file?

We are parsing some large EDI files that do not contain CR/LF. However, they do have ~ (tilde) as a segment delimiter. I am trying to extract the control record for the file and the last bytes of my ...
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How to calculate a column of sums or test inequalities?

Given 34-2 34-5 34-3 I'm looking to obtain 34-2=28 34-5=29 34-3=31 Or, this would also be helpful: given: 34-2=5 34-5<=34 34-3=31 I'm looking to obtain ! 34-2=5 34-5<=34 ...
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1answer
232 views

Append line length at end of each line

Given input: tree branch the desired output is tree 4 branch 6 What is a *nix available command that does this?
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getting complement of two text files on unix command line

Can someone recommend a fast unix-based utility (ideally written in C) for getting efficient, streaming intersection/union of tab-delimited text files? For example, allow queries such as "give me the ...
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UNIX: how to merge 2 text files?

Is there a way to merge 2 text files into one (by appending the content of the second right after the first one) in Unix ?
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5answers
883 views

Open source command line tools for indexing a large number of text files

I'm looking for any open source command line tool or tools which will allow me to index and search a large number of plain text files. Approximate search would be a plus. The tool only needs to print ...
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How do I reverse the lines of a file in UNIX

How can i reverse a line in a file in Order Example : Input file : 123 500 1000 LOAN GOD 10000 01000 Output Format: 321 005 0001 NAOL DOG 00001 00010
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Recovering text files in terminal using grep on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I foolishly removed some source code from my Mac OS X Snow Leopard machine with rm -rf when doing something with buildout. I want to try and recover these files again. I haven't touched the system ...