python grep

[Mag Gam]

Oh, thats nice to know!

But I use the CSV module with gzip module. Is it still possible to do
it with the subprocess?



On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> Mag Gam, 08.04.2010 13:21:
>>
>> I am in the process of reading a zipped file which is about 6gb.
>>
>> I would like to know if there is a command similar to grep in python
>> because I would like to emulate, -A -B option of GNU grep.
>>
>> Lets say I have this,
>>
>> 083828.441,AA
>> 093828.441,AA
>> 094028.441,AA
>> 094058.441,CC
>> 094828.441,AA
>> 103828.441,AA
>> 123828.441,AA
>>
>>
>> if I do grep -A2 -B2 "CC"
>>
>> I get 2 lines before and 2 lines after "C"
>>
>> Is there an easy way to do this in python?
>
> Sure, just use a sliding window.
>
> However, for a 6BG file, you won't really like the performance. It's
> basically impossible to beat the speed of (f)grep.
>
> I'd use the subprocess module to run zfgrep over the file and parse the
> output in Python.
>
> Stefan
>
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