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Text editor for BIG files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a text editor for very big files? I have text file (XML) of 40G. How to open it with text editor to see cursor and it's relative position to the beginning of ...
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what is the main difference between a file with .db extension and a file with .txt extension while I save both of them from a text editor?

What is the difference between a file with .db extension and a normal file with .txt extension , leaving the fact that a .db extension is for a database file and .txt makes a normal text file. I open ...
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Regex find-replace big file [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a text editor for very big files? I need to find a text editor that can replace a regex in a 250MB file without crashing. I tried: EditPadPro NotePad++ Is ...
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Windows Text Editor With Command Line?

Is there a multipurpose text editor for Windows that has an embedded command line? As an example of what I'm looking for, I've included a screenshot of KDE's Kate below.
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How to view enormous .txt files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a text editor for very big files? I have some memory leak reports that are in the gigabyte order of size. Is there document viewer that can handle such files ...
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MySQL File viewer/editor

I'm dealing with some very massive SQL files and I need to be able to go in and edit them. Are their any editors that work on Windows I can use? I need to be able to cut out what I don't need and ...
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Text editor with exclusive mode

Is there text editor that can open file in exclusive mode? Its a standard way how to restrict access to file to one process / user in operating system Windows. I need this because of editing file ...
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Open Multiple files at once with Textpad 6.0

I want to highlight multiple files to open in Textpad 6 and have tabs across the top for each file. I used to be able to do it but with new Textpad, I don't remember what I need to do. I went into ...
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How can I sort a document according to a substring in each line on Win7?

How can I sort a text according to hashtag on Windows-7? I have a long text (.txt format) which looks something like this: Blah blah #Test 123123 #Really Blah bluh #Really klfdmngl #Test I would ...
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Tabbed Text Editor - Switch Tabs with Scrollwheel

I'm looking for a editor that will allow me to switch between tabs with the mouse wheel. I used the Tabify plugin with KATE to do this on KDE, but haven't found this function on any Windows editor. ...
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How to replace one line to two lines or more on a text file using the “find and replace mode”?

Right now I'm developing a script with vbscript and I need to find one specific line(with a lot of occurrences) on a 5k lines source code and replace it to two new code lines(1 line to 2 lines ...
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What text editor has these capabilities? [closed]

I'm looking for a text editor that has the following capabilities: Create multiple windows, to edit more than one file. Split vertical and horizontal any window, to edit different places of the ...
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HTML editor with IDE features

There is a ton of questions about free HTML editors for Windows. I have a couple of specific requirements, which seem ubiquitous to me, yet, I can't seem to find any that don't suck. So here is what ...
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Opening a big file [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a text editor for very big files? I have a rather large log file on a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer. It's a couple gigabytes, but notepad, wordpad, ...
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How to move text cursor to previous position after pressing “Home” key, etc.?

If I'm typing something (this question for example), and I press Home, and the blinking line, letting me know where I'm typing, goes to the front of the line. To go back to the end, I can just press ...
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Windows, selective text search and replace within files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Editor with muti-line search and replace I'm looking for (ideally free) software, which will perform selective search and replace on multiple text files. So I want to ...
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What is a Windows text editor that will make it easy for me to have four text files open onscreen at once?

When brainstorming / planning I like to have four text files open onscreen at once: One for notes/stream of consciousness, one for action items to follow up on, one for a rough outline, etc.... What ...
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Software for exporting resume in different formats

I always find myself with the problem of having to translate my resume to different formats for applying for different jobs. Some people want it in a Word document, RTF, PDF (which is nicer since I ...
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Notepad++ flip line order?

I want to flip line orders of a document with 500+ lines... Not only numbers... it's a mix. Example: = If it's not available in Notepad++ then other software whould be good also :)
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Edit a very large textfile [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a text editor for very big files? I've a 3 gigabytes big log file and I have to edit just a few rows. With Notepad++, I can't edit the file at all. Does ...
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Are there any light weight text editors (like Notepad) but with alternate background color?

I'm searching for my programming tool, i.e. a text editor. I like Notepad very much but I want a text editor with alternate background color for each line. Just like the background of the picture ...
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Editor that supports renaming tabs for untitled docs?

I sometimes need to copy/paste text into two windows and compare the contents for a quick hack, ie. without having to save both documents to disk, and display the two docs side-by-side vertically so I ...
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Which Text Editor supports multiple monitors? [closed]

I am using HIPPO Edit and Notepad++ as my text editors. Both of these doesn't provide support for multiple monitors. Is there any text editors which support Multiple monitors?
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Recommendations for a free Windows text editor with the following specific features? [closed]

I am looking for a free Windows text editor with the following features: Word auto-completion: I want to be able to press Ctrl+Space and have the editor auto-complete the current word based on all ...
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Single exe text editor

I'm looking for a single exe text editor, similar to Notepad. I don't need any fancy features, as long as it's a single exe file that doesn't need to be installed and can run from the desktop or a ...
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Light weight editor that allows file editing through its own FTP client

I am using Windows and I need a lightweight editor where I can edit files through FTP. The saving feature should be very fast. I have been using UltraEdit but maybe something better is out there. I ...
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Invisible text editor… any ideas?

OK, you might think I'm crazy, but look: I like watching movies (on my computer) (and TV series). I also have some low importance stuff I have to write up sometimes. We all know that sometimes movies ...
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Opening huge Text files (>1 GB) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Text Editor for very big file - Windows I have some huge files I need to view with a text editor in windows. What is the best option. My favorite Notepad++ hangs. I ...
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How Does One Remove Duplicate Text Lines From Files Larger Than 4GB?

I am looking for an open source (possibly 64 bit) windows text editor that will allow me to remove duplicate lines from an extremely large (4GB+) text file. What do you use to remove duplicate lines ...
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What program is able to open a plaintext file (.txt) that is 1.3 GB large? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Text Editor for very big file - Windows Notepad, notepad++, word, and wordpad all do not work.
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How to configure the editor's line height in NetBeans 6.9.1?

Is there a way to change the editor's line height in Netbeans without resorting to redundant newlines?
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Text editor on Windows to delete large block of copyright text in multiple source files?

Optional Background Information: [ The author of a Java open source project I am using has changed the copyright notice in every file in the project. As a result, I can no longer diff between the ...
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How can I leave the MS-DOS editor?

How can I exit the MS-DOS editor, the editor which comes up if I type edit at a Windows prompt? The help available from F1 does not tell me this.
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Some pretty fixed width font for Windows? [closed]

With Mac, I like the font of Menlo for text editors. With PC, it's hard for me to find some pretty fixed with font, and I don't like the Courier font that I have to use for emEditor. Could you ...
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Text File Viewer or Monitor Tool for Windows?

Is there tool available for Windows to view and monitor text files? Basically, it will display the content of a text file and update the content if the file changes. I tried to search for it in ...
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How to extract regex matches from a file on windows

I use lot of regular expressions. I'm using EditPadpro for all my editing purposes. Most of the time I'll have to extract all the regex matches in the file to another file. Is there any software that ...
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Is there any editor which can edit 100 MB of file on Windows Operating system? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Text Editor for very big file - Windows I need one editor which can edit huge sizes(100 MB to GBs) of log files in windows.
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linux text editor for windows

can somebody recommend a good Linux text editor for Windows (if it exists), I wrote scripts for C-Shell using txt editor of windows but I have problem, it doesn't run because windows is not UNIX, what ...
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How can I get the Terminal raster font to display alt codes in a text editor?

I am working on a project that includes making some ASCII art, except it isn't true ASCII art since I am using a far amount of Windows Alt codes to make it. Anyways, I wanted to make sure that as I ...
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A Windows texteditor which supports transparent editing of gpg encrypted data

Since I discovered gnupg.vim I've really started using gpg encryption on daily bases. This addon takes care of decryption when you open the file (asking for your keys pass phrase) and re-encrypts with ...
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Text editor on Windows for editing remote files

I've got a team of web programmers that need to edit HTML and CSS that is stored on a linux server. They're all using Windows on their desktops. Rather than either teaching them to use vi/vim in a ...
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How to read a Text File Hidden Characters?

I've created a text file from an application that I developed. When I send the text file to a SYSTEM Validation, they (3rd Party System) say that the file is invalid and that the file contains 3 ...
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Light text editor for CSV file? [closed]

Could anybody suggest a light (small, fast) text editor that can handle columnar view of csv files? save quote character to all fields, even if not 'necessary' OpenOffice Calc is bit big for my ...
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CLI Text editor with rtf capabilities for Windows

I'm looking for a command line interface program that gives me the ability to write formatted text easily interoperable with MS Word and OpenOffice. I figured RTF would be the common ground. An ...
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Editor which can open files in use?

I tried to use NotePad to open system.log and software.log in Windows and it said it couldn't open because file was in use. Is there an editor which can open such files? for Windows XP.
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Text editor supporting custom syntax with *functions*?

Most text editors support custom syntax highlighting and, sometimes, simple autocompletion. But, that's not enough for me :) I'm looking for editor with autocompletion/tooltips for functions, similar ...
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Good (modern) Windows text editor for editing e-mail?

Is there a good (modern) all-round Windows (plain) text editor apt for editing e-mail? It doesn’t necessarily have to be free, but should more or less out of the box (or via readily available plugin) ...
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How to edit a really large file in Windows [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Text Editor for very big file - Windows NOt a programming question I know but related to a program I am writing, and probably a problem only likely to be encountered by ...
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Editor with muti-line search and replace

I am looking for text editor for Windows which is capable of performing search and replace operation of multi-line text block. It should be able to run this operation on a folder or currently opened ...