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I have a .txt file of ~100GB. Is there a text editor that I can use to open this? If so, how will this actually be stored in memory? I only have 16GB of RAM.

I'm also exploring other options such as splitting the file into 2 or more pieces. Any suggestions on how to do this efficiently on the command line in linux?

Thanks

Hank Liu
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  • also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/159521/text-editor-to-open-big-giant-huge-large-text-files?lq=1 – Thilo May 04 '13 at 03:54
  • Why is there "duplicate" next to my question? I searched and couldn't find a similar question. Maybe I missed it...? – Hank Liu May 04 '13 at 04:34

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Take a look at the utilities HEAD and TAIL if using the command line. Often I will use

tail -<number of lines> | more

And to split the file look at SPLIT.

Karl
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