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Frequent Question: How Do You Edit Large Files in Linux?

Chloe Bennett • • 4 min read
Frequent Question: How Do You Edit Large Files in Linux?
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How do I edit a large file in Linux?

Edit large files on Linux

  1. lfhex. A Qt based GUI editor. …
  2. Joe. Joe s a very powerful full-featured terminal editor. …
  3. HEd. HEd is a powerful hex editor with a hexdump -C like interface. …
  4. LargeFile. This is a plugin available for vim that turns off certain vim features to handle large files.

How do I open a big file in Linux?

You can start Midnight Commander from the CLI with the mc command. After that you may select and open any file in “view mode” ( F3 ) or in “edit mode” ( F4 ). mc is much more efficient when opening and browsing large files than vim . I checked it myself.

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