Groping through big data with grep | Linux Today

Groping through big data with grep

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Sandra Henry-Stocker
Jul 9, 2013

The grep command has a lot more options and “flavors” than the casual command line pioneer might expect, but there are some options and limitations that you should know about when you’re working with big data files.

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Sandra Henry-Stocker

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