Editing a huge file - Vim or something else?
- I am Vim fan for most of my editing purposes.
- But these days when I have to open huge file ~1-2 gigs, its is vert slow to load and perform operations
- What are the other ways I can edit such huge files efficiently
Solution 1:
vim you can
:set binary
first.
or use hexedit. as https://stackoverflow.com/questions/699785/edit-very-large-sql-dump-text-file-on-linux
Solution 2:
Set
:syntax off
:se binary nospell
:setgl noswap
:set undolevel=0
:set undofile=
You can also use directory/undodir to put swapfiles and undofiles in another location
Solution 3:
Look here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/28847/text-editor-to-open-4-3-gb-plain-text-file
- Divide the file in parts :
split -b 53750k <your-file> - Edit sigle parts with vim ( I don't like it but it works fast here )
- Merge the parts
cat xa* > <your-file>
Done :)
Sorry but free editor larks good support for big files ( cannot find a reason for that )
p.s.
learn Vim is not so difficult:
http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/
Solution 4:
This article explains what you can do to Vim itself to reduce the overhead associated with opening a large file.