GNU look: "File too large"
Bug #1460191 reported by
Yongqian Li
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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bsdmainutils (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When I try to use `look` to binary search through a large file (43G), I get the error message: `look: sorted.csv: File too large`. On OSX, I am able to execute the same command on the same file with no problems.
% lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04
Codename: vivid