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Re: [BUG] grep cannot handle large lines
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [BUG] grep cannot handle large lines |
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Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:51:45 -0700 |
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On 06/09/11 15:23, Nadeem Bulsara wrote:
> I have a file which has millions of characters in one single line. Grep is
> unable to detect patterns beyond a certain length. Is there a threshold ?
There is not supposed to be a limit, other than memory.
Can you give a simple example that illustrates the problem?