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From: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
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Subject: Re: editors for huge files
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Date: 29 Jan 91 23:08:11 GMT
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In article <1991Jan28.215941.22369@world.std.com> jstone@world.std.com (Jeffrey R Stone) writes:
>Roggie Boone writes:
>>I am looking for an ASCII editor that will let me edit huge files.
>>I have a program file (21000+ lines) that is over 1 megabyte in size and
>>I need to edit it, preferably on a PC.  I've tried Personal Editor, Blackbeard


Don't laugh, but edlin will.

Yes.  That old tiny edlin will edit that file.


(any flames about edlin are to go to:  /dev/null :-)

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