Re^2: find a string and count of its occurence in a text file

i read that using grep is not advisable for huge files

Someone lied to you.

Maybe lied is a bit strong, they we probably thinking of this:

grep /fred/,<FILE>;
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which loads the entire file into memory (or at least, tries to).

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Re^3: find a string and count of its occurence in a text file by Anonymous Monk on Nov 14, 2007 at 18:44 UTC
I thought he meant `grep(1)` instead of `perldoc -f grep` `:-)`	[reply] [d/l] [select]