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[Discuss] large log file transfer



Try the 'split' command (man is your friend), then zip (gzip -c9 filename
or whatever).
Split allows splitting into 'bite size chunks', while gzip will do the
compression.

I hope this helps.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:44 AM, John Malloy <jomalloy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a log file (325MB)  that I need to transfer from a restricted
> network, that I cannot plug a USB into.
>
> Is there an easy way to "split up" the log file into smaller chunks and Zip
> it to get it over the net?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> John Malloy
> jomalloy at gmail.com
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