Opening a very large file in emacs

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I am trying open a very large file in Emacs and it fails to load. Is there a way to open only a portion of this very large file? I don't need to open the whole thing.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '12 at 20:09

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You may want to try vlf.el which basically runs head for you. It's still pretty crude, sadly.

answered Mar 30 '12 at 20:09

Stefan

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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You can use head command, store its output in file and read that file http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?head

Windows equivalent is here: Windows equivalent of the 'tail' command

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answered Mar 30 '12 at 18:41

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score -4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '14 at 23:04

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If all you want is to read parts of a monster file then use this tool http://www.readfileonline.com/. It rapidly cracked open anything I fed it with.

answered Mar 16 '14 at 23:04

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Opening a very large file in emacs

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