Open and scroll through 42 GB text file in Mac OS X

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I am running Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) and I am trying to open and scroll through a 42 GB .XML file.

I plan on using an XML parser to parse through it and delete parts, but first I need to know how the document is structured so I can know what parts to save.

How can I open this text / XML file and scroll through it so I can get a glimpse of its structure?

I tried my default text-editor, text-mate, and that couldn't open it. I tried gEdit and that shows the first 10 or so lines, but then quits after trying to load the rest.

I would greatly appreciate any and all suggestions!

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