with 14.04: time find -name '*.[ch]' | xargs grep -i 'volatile.*s3tc' # en_CA.utf8 real 0m44.320s user 0m43.777s sys 0m0.459s
time find -name '*.[ch]' | LANG=C xargs grep -i 'volatile.*s3tc' real 0m2.078s user 0m1.795s sys 0m0.381s time find -name '*.[ch]' | xargs grep 'volatile.*s3tc' # en_CA.utf8 real 0m1.876s user 0m0.414s sys 0m0.523s Slowdown is still a factor of 20. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75695 Title: huge performance hit for -i with UTF-8 locales To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/grep/+bug/75695/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs