On Dec 24, 2007 2:33 PM, Anders Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 24 December 2007 20:17:45 Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Monday 2007-12-24 at 12:19 -0600, Afan Pasalic wrote: > > > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > >> On Monday 24 December 2007 09:49, Afan Pasalic wrote: > > >> > hi, > > >> > I have 1.6 GB big text file and I have to find if there is a specific > > >> > word in the file. > > >> > Every time I try > > >> > $> grep -i "word" file.txt > > >> > I'll get message: "grep: memory exhausted". > > > > I would report that as a bug - unless you really have too little memory > > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?9886 > > > cat file.txt | grep -i "word" > > According to the bug report, it doesn't (always?) help >
cat file.txt | fold | grep -i "word" Or if file.txt is really binary junk: strings file.bin | fold | grep -i "word" Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
