title: Searching huge log files
body: <p>Troubleshooting, analyzing &amp; filtering log files is by far one of the most laborious daily jobs. My issue is searching through a log file, which could be well over 4 gigs in size. Simply loading the file takes up to 15 mins. I'm running a fairly fast processor with 8 gigs of memory. After the file loads, I literally only have the luxury of grep and/or control+F to scan through the file. This gets worse when I'm trying to look files from multiple systems each weighing over a gig. Have tried segregating the files based on time-stamps to make them smaller, but no joy really.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a tool or even a process that I could use to make troubleshooting less time consuming (apart from the usual "just fix the bug first")?</p>
  
  <p>Your comments are appreciated.</p>