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I recently had occasion to parse contents out of a 6.2 GB file (tip: don't try anything bigger than 2 GB in versions prior to 7.1rc1, as seek addressing has been enhanced for 64-bit file systems). So with the most recent version it's possible to handle just about any size file any modern file syste...

MaxV wrote:1Gb?
What is it?
Is just a plain text file?
I this case you can speed up very easy.
If you use Linux I suggest to split the file:

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split -b 100m  myfile.txt 

so you'll have just 10 files of 100 Mb each.

yes just a huge text file, unfortunately I only have Windows on this machine.

Thanks

dunbarx wrote:Hi.

I cannot think this is a LiveCode issue.

What happens if you try to do anything else with a large file? Like simply copy and paste it?

Craig Newman

sorry

Nothing wrong happens. The problem is only opening it.

Hello,

my computer is struggling to open a text file.

My internal fan isn't working either so if I try wordpad, it gets too hot and it shuts down by itself.