Editing a large size file

Rock · #1 (**permalink**) 12-04-2006

I would like to edit a doc which is large file size. I can't use "vi" command due to out of memory.

$ vi large.dat

ex: 0602-101 Out of memory saving lines for undo.

Please help. Thanks.

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-04-2006

define 'edit'?

can you use 'sed/ex' by scripting your 'edits'?

Rock · #3 (**permalink**) 12-04-2006

Similiar error prompted by using 'ex'

$ ex large.dat
"large.dat"ex: 0602-026 No more memory for the append. Too many lines in the file.

I would like to amend the first few matched pattern only in the large file. The other matched pattern at the end should remain unchanged. Can 'sed' help?

Thanks.

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