Editing a huge file - Vim or something else?

Question

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

In my experience loading a big file like that takes some time, but once it is loaded Vim is actually pretty fast.

Basile Starynkevitch · Answer 1 · 2011-12-02 18:15:58Z

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See my answer here (not vim specific).

What kind of huge file do you want to edit?

answered Dec 2 '11 at 18:15

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	text file, is that you want to know? – daydreamer Dec 2 '11 at 18:17
	No, more precisely: a log file, a mysql dump, a big generated assembly code, ...? – Basile Starynkevitch Dec 2 '11 at 18:18
	a log file is that – daydreamer Dec 2 '11 at 18:18
	Then my answer applies very well: just `csplit` your log file into manageable pieces, edit them with your favorite editor, and rebuild the log file. Or develop your own editing scripts (perhaps with `sed`)... – Basile Starynkevitch Dec 2 '11 at 18:21

Tinyfool · Answer 2 · 2011-12-02 18:18:45Z

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vim you can

:set binary

first.

answered Dec 2 '11 at 18:18

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MετάEd · Answer 3 · 2011-12-02 18:52:11Z

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This article explains what you can do to Vim itself to reduce the overhead associated with opening a large file.

answered Dec 2 '11 at 18:52

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sehe · Answer 4 · 2011-12-02 21:41:04Z

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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

answered Dec 2 '11 at 21:41

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Francesco · Answer 5 · 2012-12-18 00:20:34Z

Done :)

Sorry but free editor larks good support for big files ( cannot find a reason for that )

migrated from stackoverflow.com Dec 2 '11 at 18:41