On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 05:00:49PM -0500, Gene Smith wrote: > >Try the grep package from FC3 updates -- I think it should work okay > >on FC2 as well. > > Upgraded to grep-2.5.1-31.i386.rpm from a FC3 mirror and see no > improvement on my FC2 system. That's not it: you need the package from FC3 *updates*. > As C. Simpson suggested, setting env LC_ALL=C speeds it up so it is > faster than the old vectra with rh6. Is there any downside to just > setting "export LC_ALL=C" in ~/.bash_profile ? Yes: grep will not sort in the same way the dictionary on your bookshelf will. Tim. */
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