Re^4: How to optimize a regex on a large file read line by line ?

> Grep and egrep run slow on the Mac and do not know why.

you have optimized the chunk-size in your script manually, probably those tools where compiled with hardcoded chunk-sizes which are not optimal any more.

Cheers Rolf
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update

This was my 5000 th post, time to retire....

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