I need to check for strings in a file. An example would be checking for a username in /etc/passwd or /var/log/maillog. The string is in another file, sometimes a single field on a line by itself, sometimes in a line with other strings. Based on what I have seen online and what I have done in other scripts I can :
1. slurp the file into a single string and then check for a match. 2. read the relevent field from the file into hash keys and check for a match. 3. Loop through the file line by line and look for a match. Generally there are 1 - 2,000 strings, and 2,000 to 1,500,000 lines per file. I am wondering how these different methods may impact performance. I hope I have been clear. TIA. -- Karyn Williams Network Services Manager California Institute of the Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.calarts.edu/network -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
