Efficient way to read a specific line number of a file. (BONUS: Python Manual Misprint)

Question

I have a 100 GB text file, which is a BCP dump from a database. When I try to import it with BULK INSERT, I get a cryptic error on line number 219506324. Before sol

Answer 1

Not a elegant but a faster solution would be to use multiple threads (or tasks in .NET 4.0) to read & process multiple chunks of a file at the same time.