how to search multiple textfiles ? (Python is slow ?)

[Stef Mientki]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <mailman.1566.1222464403.3487.python-list at python.org>, Stef
> Mientki wrote:
>
>   
>> - Pyscripter 110 sec ( PyScripter is the default IDE I use now)
>> - Delphi  20 .. 35 sec
>> - Findstr  4 sec
>>     
>
> What order did you try try them in? Did you try each one more than once, in
> different orders? Just to rule out filesystem caching effects.
>
>   
I repeated all of them at least twice, to see if I got the same result.
And indeed the very first run (PyScripter)  was about 150 sec.
So I think the above mentioned values give a good impression, nothing more.
>> I'm really amazed by the speed of Python !!
>> It can only be beaten by findstr, which is only available on windows.
>>     
>
> Did you try find -exec grep -F?
>   
well my windows version doesn't understand that :

P:\Python>find /?
Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[LINE]] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ 
...]]

  /V         Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.
  /C         Displays only the count of lines containing the string.
  /N         Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.
  /I         Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.
  /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
  "string"   Specifies the text string to find.
  [drive:][path]filename
             Specifies a file or files to search.

If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt
or piped from another command.

cheers,
Stef

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