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Unable to open a large text file (767 MB)

#1

Today is my first day with Sublime Text. I need to handle logs file quite frequently. So far, I am using Vim. Today I tried to open a 767 MB plain text log file using Sublime Text, but it simply hanging with out any response. I have enough free RAM on my machine at the time of opening the file.

Just for a cross check, I tried the same with vim, it took 4 seconds to open the file. So I am just wondering is there any limitation on Sublime Text for max file size? So far I love the interface. Is there a way to overcome the above issue?

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#2

No. Sublime is great in many aspects, but handling of large files definitely isn’t one of them.
It can open a file of that size, but it’d take too much time and too much RAM to be a viable option.

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#3

Thanks “madnomad” for the clarification. For the time being I will stick to vim for handling large files.

I will definitely be interested to explore the other nice features. Is there any quick start guide for it?

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