Grep 3.7 Released To Fix "Extreme Performance Degradation"

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Grep 3.7 Released To Fix "Extreme Performance Degradation"

If you have noticed grep regressing performance-wise in recent releases, you may want to upgrade to GNU Grep 3.7 released this weekend as it fixes a nasty performance regression...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNU-Grep-3.7

[perpetually high]

If you have noticed grep regressing performance-wise in recent releases

I'll take "things only Michael Larabel notices" for $500, Alex

[uid313]

There is also ripgrep, a grep tool written in Rust that is supposedly really fast.

[timofonic]

I wonder if there are Gnu Grep alternatives.

I wonder if there's a Grep equivalent for non-textual data.

EDIT: I just found this

https://github.com/clayne/bgrep

https://www.linux.com/topic/desktop/using-grep-commands-non-text-files/

ngrep, etc.

[flashmozzg]

rip grep

[elatllat]

Ubuntu 20.04 is still using v3.1 and the issue started in v3.5.

[Kemosabe]

There is also ripgrep, a grep tool written in Rust that is supposedly really fast.

Can you tell me why you thought it's worth mentioning that it's written in Rust?

[uid313]

Can you tell me why you thought it's worth mentioning that it's written in Rust?

No, I can't, but maybe that is why it's so fast? You know a core concept of Rust is fearless concurrency, oh and zero-cost abstractions.

[linner]

Can you tell me why you thought it's worth mentioning that it's written in Rust?

Because Rust is changing the world with better software!

/s

[pkunk]

Because Rust is changing the world with better software!

/s

In C/C++ something is correct when someone can use it correctly, but in Rust something is correct when someone can't use it incorrectly.