cut fails with "cut: memory exhausted" when taking a large slice

[Mordy Ovits]

When I try to cut a 412,569,600 byte chunk from the middle of a 9GB file, cut 
fails.  I believe it is trying to allocate memory for the full 412MB, which 
is not the best way to do it.  It's best to do it in chunks, like cp does.

Also, does cut support files larger than 4GB?

This in on Linux 2.4.22 with glibc 2.3 and coreutils-5.0-6.1.92mdk

Even if its a bug, can you recommend another tool that will allow taking a 
large slice from a huge file?

Thanks,
Mordy
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Mordy Ovits
Network Security
Bloomberg L.P.