Question

I need to look into the content of json file whose size is 1.8gb. Whenever I am trying to open it in any text editor its unable to open it. Is there any way to see the content either by breaking the file into smaller chunks or any other powerful editor.

Answer 1

Maybe this question should be migrated to SuperUser or similar.
However, if you’re under a Linux environment, you could do the following on the command line:

cat myfile.json | less

From the manpage of less:

Also, less does not have to read the entire input file before starting (…)