According to this site TextPad is only limited by virtual memory in the size of file it can open. I can somewhat vouch for it. I open 160 meg csv files in it all the time (they load in a matter of seconds, too, on my dual processor PIII 900).
I view/edit files in the gigabyte range all the time with Ultraedit. It has amazing functionality and is well worth whatever my employer had to pay for it.
UE-32 costs $35.00 for a single license, with generous discounts available for purchasing large blicks of licenses (discounts are not on the link above).
You could try PFE Couldn’t hurt to try, and it is totally free.
From the readme file
Thanks LSLGuy, I’m going to give FIND a try, then grep.
I knew if I brought up Linux we’d get a “vi” vs “emacs” thing going. Easy!
For text/HTML editing, I like Editplus so much I bought it, but even it seems to choke on this file.
What I’ve done on smaller files to find the same info is this:
open file
delete unwanted lines by date (easy enough)
search and replace in a manner that allows me to insert commas before and after the info I’m looking to total (kbytes transferred)
save as .csv
open in Excel
Autototal the column with the kilobytes.
A lot of work, but a week quicker than using a calculator.
Thanks for your help everybody!
capn
Will it run okay on XP?
Will PFE run on XP?
Dunno, I don’t see why not. It’s a titchy download, try it and let us know.
I hope it does I’m not gonna be on NT forever and I don’t want to have to ftp stuff to a Unix box every time I want to read a 630Meg file 