On Nov 20, 2007 2:16 PM, Matt Wozniski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007 2:02 PM, Aldi Kraja wrote: > > Hi, > > Opening a file 1.5 GB cygwin Vim reports segmentation fault. > > Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV. > > > > Is there any way that one can expand the setting of Vim? > > > > I need to change the header of the file to some extent, but I do not > > think that emacs will do it. Less is a pager. Any other idea how to edit > > a file this large? > > If it's only a header you need to edit, you do it the usual unix way... > for a 15000 line file, where the header is in the first 100 lines: > > $ head -100 BIGFILE > filehead > $ tail -14900 BIGFILE > filetail > $ vim filehead > # modify... > $ cat filehead filetail > BIGFILE > $ rm filehead filetail > > And, there's no reason that should crash vim. Do you have the > 1.5 GB of memory that you'd need to open that file? > > ~Matt
You could also 'split' the file into more manageable chunks if it's not at the head, then 'cat' it back together when done. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
