mystery13GB <- read.table("xtra_All_errors_with_metainfo.txt", header=TRUE, sep="\t", dec=".", encoding = "UTF-8", quote = "", nrows = 1000)

#selecting the description column, leaving out the rest
mystery.selected.cols <- read.table("xtra_All_errors_with_metainfo.txt", header=TRUE, sep="\t",
                                    dec=".", encoding = "UTF-8", quote = "", colClasses = c(rep("NULL", 31), "character", rep("NULL", 4)))