worst case you could also use cffile read and writes to break the file up into manageable chunks
-----Original Message----- From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:56 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT - large text file handling use sed. http://www.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr/~george/sed/sedfaq.html On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Ian Lurie wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a 400 meg text file. I need to remove the first 2/3 of the file. > > I can't open it in any text editor without melting my computer. Does anyo ne > have a good tool/solution for this? > > Thanks, > > Ian Lurie > > Portent Interactive > Using Process, Design and Content to create great web sites since 1995 > Consulting, design, development, measurement > http://www.portentinteractive.com > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists