Features

PilotEdit - Features

PilotEdit is a powerful file editor.
1. The file size supported by PilotEdit is unlimited
>Edit big files of 400GB (40 billion lines).
>Compare and merge big files of 100GB (10 billion lines).
>Download/upload files larger than 4GB through FTP/SFTP.
>Encrypt/decrypt files larger than 4GB.
2. UNICODE files and DOS/UNIX files are fully supported by PilotEdit
>Automatically detect text file encoding.
>Change encoding of multiple files from one kind of encoding to another.
>PilotEdit will adjust text encoding automatically when you copy/paste between files of different encodings.
3. Self-defined file types and key words high-lightening
>PilotEdit supports more than 20 kinds of file types.
>Define your own file types.
> Define different TAB and indent for different file types.
For example, a user may input TAB for C/C++ and four blanks for Java by pressing "TAB".
4. HEX mode
>Input, delete, cut, copy and paste in HEX mode.
>Find/replace in HEX mode.
>Automatically detect file encoding when you change from HEX mode to text mode.
>Endless undo/redo in both HEX mode and text mode.
5. Column mode
>A char input through keyboard will be inserted into all the selected lines in column mode.
>A single-line string pasted will be inserted into all the selected lines in column mode.
>Multiple-line text pasted will be inserted into the selected lines line by line in column mode.
6. Endless undo/redo
>You may undo/redo even after you switch between text mode and HEX mode.
7. Word wrap
8. Edit FTP files
>Open/save as FTP files.
>Delete multiple FTP directories and files.
>Upload/download multiple FTP directories and files.
9. Multiple-line find/replace
>Find/replace multiple-line text.
>Find/replace multiple-line text through regular expression.
10. File comparison and merging
>Compare two directories.
>Compare and merge two files larger than 100GB (10 billion lines).
>Edit file directly in the comparison window.
>Automatically update comparison result when the file content changes.
>Find and replace in the comparison window.
>Find previous/next different/identical block
>Copy all the different/identical lines to the clipboard. With this feature, we can find lines in the first file but not in the second file.
11. Self-defined string table
>Add a pre-defined string by just one click.
>Add pre-defined strings before and after the selected text.
12. Regular expression
>Find/replace strings defined by regular expression.
>Find/replace multiple-line text through regular expression.
13. Script file
>You may define the frequently used regular expressions in script files and process the regular expressions by executing the script files.
14. An excellent encryption software supports 256-bit AES encryption.
>Edit an encrypted file transparently.
>Encrypt/decrypt multiple directories and files.
>Encrypt/decrypt files more than 4G.
>Save the active file as an encrypted/non-encrypted file.
>Save the active file as an encrypted/non-encrypted FTP file.
15. File group
>File group enable you to open multiple files by just one click.
16. Find/replace in multiple directories
>Find a string in multiple directories.
>Replace a string in multiple directories.
17. Sort
>Sort lines in a file larger than 1GB.
>Sort lines in a file as text or integer number.
>Sort lines in a file over one column.
>Sort lines in a file over target strings defined by regular expression.
18. Find/remove duplicate lines
>Find duplicate lines in a file larger than 1GB.
>Remove duplicate lines in a file.
>Compare lines as text or integer number.
>Compare lines over one column.
>Compare lines over target strings defined by regular expression.
19. Extract Strings
>Copy the target strings matching the regular expression into clipboard. This function is useful when you need to collect some kind of strings from a text file, for example, Email addresses.
20. Save the selected files as new files with the old directory structure
>Copy the selected files together with the directory structure.
21. Text Formatting
>Automatically detect start tag and end tag for a text block.
>Format selected text.
22. Edit SFTP files
>Open/save as SFTP files.
>Delete multiple SFTP directories and files.
>Upload/download multiple SFTP directories and files.
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PilotEdit Lite- Features

PilotEdit Lite is a FREE file editor.
1. The file size supported by PilotEdit is unlimited
>Edit files larger than 10GB.
>Download/upload files larger than 4GB through FTP.
2. UNICODE files and DOS/UNIX files are fully supported by PilotEdit
>Automatically detect text file encoding.
>Change encoding of multiple files from one kind of encoding to another.
>PilotEdit will adjust text encoding automatically when you copy/paste between files of different encodings.
3. Self-defined file types and key words high-lightening
>PilotEdit supports more than 20 kinds of file types.
>Define your own file types.
>Support line-continuation characters.
>Support line-continuation characters.
>Define different TAB and indent for different file types.
For example, a user may input TAB for C/C++ and four blanks for Java by pressing "TAB".
4. HEX mode
>Input, delete, cut, copy and paste in HEX mode.
>Find/replace in HEX mode.
>Automatically detect file encoding when you change from HEX mode to text mode.
>Endless undo/redo in both HEX mode and text mode.
5. Column mode
>A char input through keyboard will be inserted into all the selected lines in column mode.
>A single-line string pasted will be inserted into all the selected lines in column mode.
>Multiple-line text pasted will be inserted into the selected lines line by line in column mode.
6. Endless undo/redo
>You may undo/redo even after you switch between text mode and HEX mode.
7. Word wrap
8. Edit FTP files
>Open/save as FTP files.
>Delete multiple FTP directories and files.
>Upload/download multiple FTP directories and files.
9. Multiple-line find/replace
>Find/replace multiple-line text.
>Find/replace multiple-line text through regular expression.
10. File comparison and merging
>Compare two directories.
11. Self-defined string table
>Add a pre-defined string by just one click.
>Add pre-defined strings before and after the selected text.
12. Regular expression
>Find/replace strings defined by regular expression.
>Find/replace multiple-line text through regular expression.
13. File group
>File group enable you to open multiple files by just one click.
14. Find/replace in multiple directories
>Find a string in multiple directories.
>Replace a string in multiple directories.
15. Save the selected files as new files with the old directory structure
>Copy the selected files together with the directory structure.