Re: HOW TO PARSE A VAST FILE!

From: news.hinet.net (luke_at_program.com.tw)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:36:31 +0800

really??

i have send some information to your mailbox!

"Ala Qumsieh" <xxala_qumsiehxx@xxyahooxx.com> ???
news:eyj6c.25718$tw5.16996@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com ???...
> news.hinet.net wrote:
> > I must parse 500M's logfile!
> > ....
> > ps: its spend 3 hours to complete now!
>
> I have scripts that parse files larger than this, and it takes less than
> 5 minutes. It depends on what you mean by "parse", i.e. what information
> you are trying to extract from the file and how you're doing it.
>
> We would be able to help you better if you show us your code that parses
> the file. I have a feeling you're doing something sub-optimal somewhere.
>
> --Ala
>