How to open a file that's too large for my text editor (notepad)?

[jinduy]

i have this 1 gig file i'm trying to parse in java, but i'm getting some error and would like to observe a certain row of data in the text file to see if it looks funny.

the problem is none of my editors can open this file to view it...

does anyone have any solution as to how to do this?

 

[bruceb]

Try Ultraedit32 .... www.ultraedit.com .. they have a trial version

 

[phisrow]

You could install cygwin and use the text tools that come with it.

Between grep, head, tail, cat, and less you should have everything you need.

 

[ciproxr]

use a text file spliter and split the file, then open it in parts..the only prog i know that can do this is access diver

 

[mundane]

If you know the specific line, couldn't you write a quick [insert language of choice] program to skip down to that row and spit out the contents?

 

[Cerebus451]

I use V (http://fileviewer.com/) for my large file browsing needs. It loads the file in chunks, but has the ability to jump to a certain line (or record if your file is fixed-width records) and the search capability works across chunks. Only downside is you can't edit the file.

 

[SoulAssassin]

tail will do it

 

[nweaver]

I was opening huge (not sure how big, it's been a while) files with WinVI a few years ago...I still use it for lots on wondiws.

 

[Frodolives]

http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/ TED notepad is well rated at nonags, and claims that text size is only limited by available memory.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: Frodolives
http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/ TED notepad is well rated at nonags, and claims that text size is only limited by available memory.

Being limited by available memory is a bad thing, that's why the op can't open his file What you need is something that only has a limited part of the file in memory at a time.