ABSTRACT
Some of the files we will be using exceed a gigabyte in length. Most word processors simply cannot open a file of this size. You will need a simple utility that can open a large file, extract a sample of the file, and display it on your monitor. In a few lines of code, we can write a script that will extract and display the first 40 lines from a large text file, and will store the first 3,000 lines in a separate file that you can open with your word processor.
