[ILUG] sed question

[John Allen]

On Thursday 19 February 2004 20:09, P at draigBrady.com wrote:
> Kenn Humborg wrote:
> >>OK I've a (very big) file like:
> >>
> >>0
> >>0
> >>1
> >>1
> >>2
> >>2
> >>3
> >>3
> >>
> >>
> >>I would like to find and print the "2" lines,
> >>AND THEN STOP PRCOCESSING the humungous file.
> >>
> >>I was thinking of using sed, and the q command.
> >
> > I'd be thinking of using awk.
>
> Due to the size of the file and my previous
> bad experiences with awk's speed I don't
> think so.
>

In this case I think awk would be as fast as anything, but then again why not 
try perl, or python, os sh & grep.

> I can build a C proggy using glibc's getline and regex
> in a couple of minutes rather than do that.
>
> thanks,
> Pádraig.

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