I work a lot with large set databases, uploading and pulling information for clients. It’s no surprise that I would need a large file editor that is powerful enough to manipulate files and data. Normally this is when a Linux editor would come into play but my current employer is a Windows only shop in regards to employee terminals leaving myself and others at a severe disadvantage when it comes to working efficiently. We do have the option of installing a linux terminal on our systems and using that as a workaround but that requires IT to setup and implement.
Begging IT is out of the question so next best step is calling in my newly found favorite application by Emurasoft, EmEditor is a very powerful lightweight file/text editor that is well worth the $40 for the license. I had to import a ~8GB/15 million rows of user report generated by a client into a new implementation database and the CSV was erroring out. The normal Notepad++ wasn’t going to do the trick and EmEditor came into play like a wrecking ball, quickly opening the large file, allowing me to find the problematic line, and replacing using regular expressions just seemed to come naturally with this application.
Sounds too good to be true? Emurasoft puts the cards on the table and offers a free trial so if you are ever in need, this is well worth giving a shot.
I am not paid, sponsored by, invested in or even remotely related to this product or company. This is an honest review of an application that I have used on contracted projects.