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How to open Very Large text files

Tags: text, large, open, files
I've got a text file that is about 941 MB - almost a Gig.

How can I view the contents of it?  If I try to open it with notepad or Edit Plus it chokes.

Adding RAM to the PC is not an option - I need to open this on a machine with 1/2 gig of ram.

Splitting the document up in to about 100 MB files would be ok with me too then I could open them individually.  Don't know how to do this either.

My platform is Win 2K.

Thanks much,
aflat362
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Zone: Software
Question Asked By: aflat362
Solution Provided By: sunray_2003
Participating Experts: 5
Solution Grade: A
Views: 512
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Comment by beepeerao
I found this utility extremely fast and efficient. Opens log files of any size in a fraction of time.

http://www.topshareware.com/Large-Text-File-Viewer-download-11000.htm

And importantly its free.
 
 
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