Re: Extract last email from an email file (mbox format)

* Xu Wang <[email protected]> [01-01-70 12:34]:
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> As mentioned, my file is huge:
> $ wc -l theBigBox
> 2171183 theBigBox
> 
> And it will get huger. THe main thing though is I would like to
> eventually make my script open source and help others and want to
> allow them to have huge files as well.
> 
> I would like use this in script and use it often so 24 seconds is too
> much for me.

You have control.  Divide the *hugh* file into smaller segments perhaps by
date.  You surly have some criteria by which you need to access particular
files/msgs.
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