Open a 10 Gb text file

[stalaei]

Hi.

I have a 10 Gb text file.the default text editor in ubuntu doens't open it.

Does anyone know how can i open it??

Thanks

[squenson]

Quite a large file! I suggest that you write a small program, in python or C, that will make smaller pieces of it (10 MB or so). Use a parameter which defines the beginning position in bytes. Then you can open the extract with any text editor.

[hakermania]

Hello! Please read here about split: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1428089

[2F4U]

According to the limits on vi, it should be able to edit a file of that size:

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/vi_diff.html

[The Cog]

I don't suppose you want to actually read all that file. What do you want to actually do with it? There is probably a tool that will do what you want to do better than using an editor.

[Petrolea]

As suggested before, I recommend that you write a program that reads a file by chunks (you can specify the size if a chunk).

I think pretty much any programming language can do that.

[Barrucadu]

You don't need to write your own program for that: as suggested by hakermania you could use `split` to break it up into small chunks; then recombine them afterwards with `cat`.