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How to edit a really large file in Windows [duplicate]

How to edit a really large file in Windows [duplicate]

NOt a programming question I know but related to a program I am writing, and probably a problem only likely to be encountered by programmers.

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bert [Entry]

"Then don't use a 'standard windows program'.

I've use vim in Cygwin under Windows XP to edit a 400MB file.

I don't want to do it regularly, but it worked.

EDIT: Of course, installing Cygwin just so you can edit a file is probably too much, but you should consider non standard Windows programs.

I'm not sure what the limitation of Notepad++ is, and you may consider it a 'standard', but there may be a modern third-party editor which will do the job."
bert [Entry]

"There is an editor, available either in Lite version or Professional version. This is EditPad pro from JGSoft. I registered it several years ago and kept registering the upgrades as well.

http://www.jgsoft.com.

JF"
"There is an editor, available either in Lite version or Professional version. This is EditPad pro from JGSoft. I registered it several years ago and kept registering the upgrades as well.

http://www.jgsoft.com.

JF"
bert [Entry]

I've used Large Text File Viewer for reading huge server logs in the past. It doesn't require an install and is pretty simple to use.