Trouble importing large .txt file

Hi, I have a 700 MB text file with strings and numbers. I am using the gui - import data. It takes a couple secs (blue/white bar) but then opens it in preview (nicely ordered). When I hit import, it displays a small window - Scanning data but it never moves.. and never imports..

Any alternatives?

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[dpb]

doc textscan % and friends

If at all possible for such large data set create it as "stream" file--it'll be much faster.

[sas0701]

Hi, I tried this but it only pulls the first line? Am I missing something? Also, what is "stream" file?

Here is one line from file..

"abcd_1" 54 0 0 215.00 584.70 382.10 . . . . . 22 1955606

[sas0701]

anyone?