[PLUG] Bash question . . .

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin A Brown <martin at linux-ip.net> writes:

Martin> Oh, and yes, fgrep is just a another variant of grep for handling 
Martin> fixed strings.  This can be noticeably faster on large samples of 
Martin> input.

In a former lifetime, yes.  But now with Boyer-Moore and other
optimizations, grep can actually beat fgrep, except for very large sets
of fixed strings.

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