Gnu grep is wicked fast. I don't know what you're using, but I routinely
download and buid grep with PCRE support. (I also build PCRE. They're both
very easy to build & install. I don't use MacPorts or Homebrew because I
like to choose my own options.)
Incidentally, you can make grep slow if
On 09/02/2018, at 11:27, Sam Hathaway mailto:list.bbe...@munkynet.org>> wrote:
> On 2 Sep 2018, at 10:26, Christopher Stone wrote:
> I think it will be much slower than Perl on a multi-GB file.
>
> And it might choke
>
> Can you say more about this? I thought grep was set up to work efficiently
