I have a large file which I am only interested in the first couple of megabytes in the head.
How do I extract the first x-megabyte from a large file in unix/linux and put it into a seperate file?
(I know the split command can split files into many pieces. And using bash scripts I can erase the pieces I don't want. I would prefer a easier way)
Head works with binary files and the syntax is neater than dd.
head -c 2M input.file > output.file
Tail works the same way if you want the end of a file.