pygrep

[Darrell]

This might be faster. No time to check.
--Darrell

#!/bin/env python

# like pgrep but a python one.
# XXX Current about 2x slower than the Perl version :-(.

import sys, re, glob

def main():
    maxBuf=10000000
    prog = re.compile(sys.argv[1])
    progSearch = prog.search # attempted performance improvement\
    lineno=0
    for filename in sys.argv[2:]:
        for fn in glob.glob(filename):
            fp = open(fn, 'r')
            while 1:
                buf = fp.read(maxBuf)
                if buf=='':
                    break
                mo = progSearch(buf)
                if mo:
                    print "%s:%d:%s" %(fn, lineno,
buf[mo.start():mo.end()+80])
            fp.close()

if __name__ == "__main__": main()

<Steven_Shaw at adc.com> wrote >
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have converted an old Perl4 script to Python2.1. It is a simple tool to
> replace grep. My new Python script currently runs about twice as slow as
the old
> Perl version. I've tried afew things from the Python FAQ, but nothing
seems to
> improve things much. Can anyone suggest performance improvements for this
code?
>
> Here's the original Perl source code (pgrep):
>
> (See attached file: pgrep)
>
> Here's the Python source code (pygrep):
>
> (See attached file: pygrep)
>
> cheers,
>
> Steve.
>