Benchmark: timing 20 iterations of grep_sort, sort_grep... grep_sort: 5 wallclock secs ( 4.70 usr + 0.02 sys = 4.72 CPU) @ 4.24/s (n=20) sort_grep: 16 wallclock secs (15.56 usr + 0.03 sys = 15.59 CPU) @ 1.28/s (n=20)