[21:22:49.82] C:\test>wc -l big.csv
167772159 big.csv

[21:24:39.11] C:\test>dir big.csv
07/02/2015  13:27    10,737,418,241 big.csv

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$s = 'kar'; $s x= 32749011;;
print length $s;;
98247033

$t = time; $s =~ m[karl] and ++$n for 1 .. 1; printf "%.9f\n", time() - $t;;
0.192370176

$t = time; $s =~ m[karl] and ++$n for 1 .. 10; printf "%.9f\n", ( time() - $t ) / 10;;
0.1929563999

$t = time; $s =~ m[karl] and ++$n for 1 .. 100; printf "%.9f\n", ( time() - $t ) / 100;;
0.192800162

##</code><code>##

[21:54:00.65] S:\>wc -l big.csv
167772159 big.csv

[21:55:19.75] S:\>