[sf-lug] file limit in vi?

Wed Sep 26 13:09:19 PDT 2007

For what it's worth, from this page, et al:

http://www.plex86.org/linux2/vi-editor-file-limitation-4886.html

"vim's maximum file size is limited only by the size of C long-integer
variables on the hosting system. Therefore, on 32-bit Unixes (e.g., Linux
i686 distributions), the maximum file size is 2147483647 bytes (2 Gbyte). On
64-bit Unixes (e.g., Linux x8664 distributions), the maximum file size is so
staggeringly huge that it's not even worth thinking about -- probably 4
terabytes (guesstimating)."

As for me, I shudder to imagine the information architecture of an editable
file a "mere" 2 GB in size, let alone 4 TB...

Cheers & hope this helps,
Riley
SFO

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> From: "Alden Meneses" <aldenm at gmail.com>
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> Hello All,
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> I am trying to vi a 92MB file but it complains that there are too many lines
> in the file. Is there another utility I can use to modify the file? I am
> using AIX.
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> Thanks,
> Alden
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> You can use split to break it into bite-sized pieces.
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> On Wednesday 26 September 2007, Alden Meneses wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am trying to vi a 92MB file but it complains that there are too many
>> lines in the file. Is there another utility I can use to modify the file? I
>> am using AIX.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alden
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