Chopping List

Although modern computers are fitted with powerful hardware components, working with text is still a common daily activity. As such, you can end up with large text files which can be difficult to filter. In this regard, Chopping List makes it possible to cut a large text file into multiple others according to a delimiter.

One of the first things you notice is that the application is not packed inside an installer, so you can check out the set of features from the moment download is done. This also means you can have it stored and used directly from a thumb drive, without putting the target computer at risk because registry entries remain intact.

In terms of visual design, the application relies on a classic window frame to display its features. As such, you have little to no trouble figuring out how things work. There are a couple of fields which need to be filled with the destination of the new files and the delimiter used to split the files. You can also specify the number of places to pad filenames with zeros.

Note that the application only works with plain TXT files, and some editing of the original file is required before splitting is possible. In other words, the application reads the content of the file and looks for particular delimiters you define, which are basically represented by a text string of interest. Be sure it’s not used in the original text.

As such, you need to first modify the original TXT file and include delimiters wherever you want the split to be performed. Then you simply need to drop the file over the application window, and splitting is done in the blink of an eye. The new files are delivered to the specified location.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Chopping Lists is a straightforward application with which you can split large text files into multiple parts. Sure enough you need to edit the file first, but this ensure you split the file exactly in the parts of interest.