Insert in text file

Hello,
I have an application that generates a measurement files (text) of several hundred Mo.
How can I insert text in the file without having to read all the contents (I know the position where to insert a text in this file).
Thank you in advance.
Solved!
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Excuse me for this francisism. I meant Mb (Megabyte) and not Mo (which is Megaoctet in french).
Your definition of insert feat with what I want to do. So if I understand correctly, It's impossible to insert (and not overwrite) data in a file text without having to read the data located before and after my insert position ?
You see the problem that I have, in my case, it is not possible to have read 800MB of data to insert 15 characters of text.
Other ideas, or it is really impossible ???
Thanks.

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