Fix Fielded Data Files?

[Kevin]

I am attempting to process a fix fielded file where each "line" (delimited the unix way) is a record and the fields are specified lengths.  I have been searching through the Transcript language dictionary with little luch on how I should go about this.  Is there a perl style unpack function? What functions should I reference? Another problem that I may need assistance with is the file is significantly larger than memory will allow how so I read parts? 

Kevin


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