Why not? That's what pipes are for. The file can start writing to disk to free up memory. You don't need to load the whole file into memory to cat it into another one. "Troy Johnson" <Troy.A.Johnson at state.mn.us> writes: > Not a perl dependant one, IIRC. I wouldn't try to slurp up files larger than available memory, however. > > >>> austad at marketwatch.com 04/13/01 02:38AM >>> > isn't there a limit to the size of each variable? > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39