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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T11:47:20+00:00 2026-06-11T11:47:20+00:00

Apparantly Vim can edit 2GB on 32-bit machines (swap and backup disabled). But for

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Apparantly Vim can edit 2GB on 32-bit machines (swap and backup disabled). But for 64-bit machines, what is the limit?

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    2026-06-11T11:47:21+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 11:47 am

    The documentation just states this:

    Maximum file size 2147483647 bytes (2 Gbyte) when a long integer is
    32 bits. Much more for 64 bit longs. Also limited
    by available disk space for the |swap-file|.

    so “much more” will most likely run into your hard drive limitation since it goes to exabytes of alocatable size.

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