Re: Removing all none 8 letter words from the dict/words file

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Re^2: Removing all none 8 letter words from the dict/words file by QM (Parson) on Apr 09, 2006 at 14:05 UTC
`egrep` is faster. Oh, wait, you've probably got `grep` aliased to `egrep` just like I do! -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Removing all none 8 letter words from the dict/words file by salva (Canon) on Apr 09, 2006 at 15:25 UTC
actually, on my linux box, `grep` is GNU grep, and `egrep` is a shell wrapper for grep: `#!/bin/sh exec grep -E ${1+"$@"}` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Removing all none 8 letter words from the dict/words file by QM (Parson) on Apr 09, 2006 at 23:47 UTC
So you don't have to worry about the metacharacter differences between `grep` and `egrep`. I can't remember what the differences are exactly, but for some reason I recall that `grep` was slightly less cumbersome on the jobs I did most often. On the other hand, you have to wonder if GNU `grep` is the same as the `grep` that came before, and suffers from the same slowdowns. Probably not ;) -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l] [select]