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Grep -quiet not working with -file


From: Mark Palmer
Subject: Grep -quiet not working with -file
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:41:34 -0000

The -q option does not seem to improve the speed when it's used in
conjunction with the -f option.

I guessing that it still goes round checking all instances of the patterns
supplied in the file, instead of exiting at the first match.

Regards,

Mark Palmer




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