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Just annotations of little "how to's", so I know I can find how to do something I've already done when I need to do it again, in case I don't remember anymore, which is not unlikely. Hopefully they can be useful to others, but I can't guarantee that it will work, or that it won't even make things worse.
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Rather basic realization on scripting logic, it may be often better to let C programs do "excessive" work than trying to spare them w/ Bash

Posted 06-01-2023 at 12:29 PM by the dsc (linux-related notes)
Updated 06-01-2023 at 12:34 PM by the dsc
"C" stuff will be much faster than scripts, so sometimes even a "dumb" use of a C program will be more optimal (take less time) than trying to sort out a more minimal task for the C program with bash.

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Code:
 grep -h -m 1 THING-TO-GREP index_*
versus

Code:
 < ... some bash-script logic that tries to figure out the most likely index_NNNN files
 so grep has only to work with a few, not all ... > 

 grep
...
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