ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I have been trying to edit a large TXT file (about 150MB). Notepad can't open it, and Word (2003) took about an hour of 99% CPU usage, and an average of 100MB of memory, before I canceled it.I have circumvented it for now by uploading it to an z/OS system (converting it to EBCDIC), and edit it with the ISPF editor.But that upload, download, and converting it back to ASCII also took well over an hour each way, so that is not something I want to do again.Anyone knows a Windows text editor that can cope with very large files?P.S. I have 2GB of memory, so that shouldn't have been a problem for Word. I also closed all non-essential processes and services before that attempt to open that file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Enter WinVIhttp://www.winvi.de/en/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Thanks, I will try it when the need arises again. (I knew the answer would come from you :) - do you never sleep?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 do you never sleep?)LOL - I work third shift (11pm-7:30a), so not really :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I see - great!B.t.w. I couldn't wait; downloaded and tried it -- it took less than 30 seconds to open that 150MB file.I will have to read the manual page, as navigating is obviously not the same as on Unix.Thanks again this is really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Great! Glad you got it sorted, enjoy the manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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