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This is exactly the problem we built Gigasheet to handle (full disclosure, I’m a co-founder here). Gigasheet is a cloud-based, big data spreadsheet. It can handle files with up to 1 billion rows. You can sign up for the free version at Gigasheet - The Big Data Spreadsheet and work with multi-gigabyte files.

Here’s a blog we wrote that goes into more detail on why Excel stops responding for large files and other workarounds you can try:

How To Open Large CSV Files
How To Open Large CSV Files by Pete Hugh | In this blog we describe several techniques to view large CSV files. Gigasheet is a free application that lets anyone work with big CSVs.

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