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copied!<p>The <a href="http://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/" rel="noreferrer">010Editor</a> on Windows will open GIANT (think 50 GB) files in binary mode and allow you to edit and search the text.</p> <p>Community wiki:</p> <p>Suggestions are</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://htmlpen.com" rel="noreferrer">HTMLPen.com</a> is a <strong>free</strong> online editor that can open and <strong>highlight syntax</strong> TB+ files instantly, supports UTF-8, and can run on a modern browser <strong>in any OS</strong>. (read-only for big files) </li> <li><a href="https://www.liquid-technologies.com/large-file-editor" rel="noreferrer">Liquid Studio Large File Editor</a> Opens and edits TB+ files instantly, supports UTF-8, Unicode, etc. It is <strong>free</strong> and covered by the community edition (Windows Only).</li> <li><a href="http://www.slickedit.com/" rel="noreferrer">SlickEdit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=693" rel="noreferrer">Large Text File Viewer</a> (read only)</li> <li><a href="http://glogg.bonnefon.org/description.html" rel="noreferrer">glogg</a> (read only, read the file directly from disk, handle multi-GB files).</li> <li><a href="https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/" rel="noreferrer">HxD</a> hex editor, but good for large files.</li> <li><a href="http://www.log-expert.de/" rel="noreferrer">LogExpert</a> (<a href="https://github.com/zarunbal/LogExpert/releases" rel="noreferrer">download</a>) did a swell job for more than 6 GB log files. It is <strong>free</strong>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ultraedit.com/" rel="noreferrer">UltraEdit</a> can open files of more than 6 GB, but the configuration must be changed for this to be practical (menu <em>Advanced</em> → <em>Configuration</em> → <em>File Handling</em> → <em>Temporary Files</em> → <em>"Open file without temp file..."</em>).</li> <li><a href="http://www.wxhexeditor.org/" rel="noreferrer">wxHexEditor</a> can open such files instantly, working on Linux, Windows, MacOSX</li> <li><a href="https://www.emeditor.com/" rel="noreferrer">EmEditor</a> handles very large text files nicely, officially up to 248 GB but up to 900 GB in my experience.</li> </ul> <p>Or, if you just want to peek at the start of the file, the Windows built-in <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490933.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>more</code></a> command might be good enough.</p>

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