Text file

[Reeza]

As to how they open it, if they don't know that and you don't know that why are you giving them a large text file?

[lola]

1KB is = to 1000 bytes, from what I understand. Why is because this is inherited code that I am being directed to run without guidance. "This is how they have always done it." Just a tad frustrating. Getting guidance from a forum is new to me, so I appreciate all assistance. Thanks! Oh and running in windows. Yes, to running a test file, I thought that as well since it is run now as a null dataset.

[Haikuo]

You will have two general approaches:

1. To break it up. In linux, just use split command. In windows, there are several utilities free for you to download, such as HJSplit.

2. Look for a text viewer or editor than can 'stream' in text content instead of loading them into memory once for all. There are also many options, I have used Ultraedit to open 700M text file before, and you can also check out "large text file viewer" (yes, that is the literal name) or EmEditor etc.

Good Luck,

Haikuo

[lola]

Ok! Thanks. I will reread this and follow. Good direction! Appreciate...

[lola]

Thank you.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Notepad++ and UltraEdit if working on Windows.

head -number_of_lines and/or tail -number_of_lines on UNIX to inspect the contents, split to split the file into digestable pieces.

Which application is used by the "institutions" to process the file?

[lola]

Thank you Kurt. Looking at the brief notes for this program, this is MACRO data, and one receiver is Library of Congress. It is imperative I explore every aspect possible for delivering this data, upon request.

[Ksharp]

I will use Reeza 's proposal . Using OS command to view the large txt file. if OS is UNIX/Linux/FreeBSD.... similar UNIX OS:

> more /etc/hda1/have.txt

Type  q  to quit browse .

[lola]

Thank you Xia.