Notepad (.txt) question

Steffano2002

Hello there,

I have a file that is too big for Excel to handle. I managed to open this file "fully" in Notepad. All I need to do now is count how many lines I have in that file.
Is there an easy way to do this in Notepad?

irlrobins

turn on the status bar, it will then show you the cursor position. Put cursor on last line and bob's ur uncle!

Steffano2002

Hi irlrobins!

That's probably going to sound like a stupid question but how do you turn on that Status Bar exactly?

roamer

Click view and select status bar

Steffano2002

I knew I was going to get that reply! Unfortunately, I only have 4 menus in Notepad: "File", "Edit", "Format" and "Help"...

Help!?

Khannie

What OS are you running?

Try using "write" instead of notepad.

If you fancy a download, google ultraedit or textpad. They're much nicer text editors for large files.

timeout

roamer wrote:

Click view and select status bar

That is only in wordpad not notepad. Have u tried opening it in wordpad? What file type is it that u first tried excel and then notepad to open it?

roamer

timeout wrote:

That is only in wordpad not notepad. Have u tried opening it in wordpad? What file type is it that u first tried excel and then notepad to open it?

Yes it is in Notepad actually.

Obviously not all versions though.

Khannie

roamer wrote:

Yes it is in Notepad actually.

Depends on the OS version. That's why I asked.

Cheeky edit there roamer.

Steffano2002

I downloaded Ultraedit and it worked beautifully! Thanks a million Khannie!

And to answer your other quaetions, I am running Windows 2000 SP4 (no "View" opttion in Notepad I'm afraid) and I did indeed try opening this big file with Wordpad but it didn't work...

All sorted now anyway!

roamer

mmm, just after checking notepad on a Win2K machine here. No view option either. Is this the same in all versions of Windows prior to 2k aswell?

Flukey

Notepad is very basic, which is exactly what it is meant to be. It has many uses as a result. I use it a lot for various things. Simple things like even when you are going through a long thread on Boards and want to reply to various posts. You can type your reply in it as you scroll down the thread and even cut and paste a few quotes. Then when you are finished, hit Reply and copy and paste the lot in. There are lots of situations like that where you want to hold on to a piece of text for a few moments while you are doing something. Notepad is the ideal tool for it.

If you want more functionality then Write, Wordpad or even one of the word processors is the way to go, or failing that then download some special editor.

Khannie

Steffano2002 wrote:

I downloaded Ultraedit and it worked beautifully! Thanks a million timeout!

*cough* *cough*

You're welcome.

roamer

Flukey wrote:

Notepad is very basic, which is exactly what it is meant to be. It has many uses as a result. I use it a lot for various things. Simple things like even when you are going through a long thread on Boards and want to reply to various posts. You can type your reply in it as you scroll down the thread and even cut and paste a few quotes. Then when you are finished, hit Reply and copy and paste the lot in. There are lots of situations like that where you want to hold on to a piece of text for a few moments while you are doing something. Notepad is the ideal tool for it.

If you want more functionality then Write, Wordpad or even one of the word processors is the way to go, or failing that then download some special editor.

I agree. Notepad is one of the most useful utilites I have. You can make notes, put in phone numbers.. Possibilities are endless.

dbnavan

www.textpad.com


this is a great free text editor and has a line numbering system

D

Steffano2002

Khannie wrote:

*cough* *cough*

You're welcome.

Oups! Post updated Khannie! I offer you my most sincere apologies

Steffano2002

roamer wrote:

I agree. Notepad is one of the most useful utilites I have. You can make notes, put in phone numbers.. Possibilities are endless.

Bad mood today roamer? hehehe

irlrobins

sorry. my notepad in win xp sp2 has view status. was unaware that it's different in other versions

roamer

Steffano2002 wrote:

Bad mood today roamer? hehehe

No, Why?

Steffano2002

Dunno... Sounded SOOOOO sarcastic!

roamer

Steffano2002 wrote:

Dunno... Sounded SOOOOO sarcastic!

heh, I was actually serious!

Capt'n Midnight

explore your start menu and into the "send to" folder - new shortcut for EDIT

then when you open the file it will display lines and cols at the bottom

(or open edit in a command prompt)

Steffano2002

roamer wrote:

heh, I was actually serious!

Sorry then! We all laughed thinking it was sarcastic hehehe

Khannie

Steffano2002 wrote:

Oups! Post updated Khannie! I offer you my most sincere apologies

Haha. No problem at all my good man.