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when i use grep -F -f 300KFile 30MFile > result.txt it basically recreated the 30MFile in result.txt. Am I doing something wrong?

marcio_rogerio
– marcio_rogerio

2012-05-30 02:18:22 +00:00
Commented May 30, 2012 at 2:18
@marcio_rogerio Do you have an empty line in 300KFile? That would match all lines in 30MFile.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2012-05-30 08:11:28 +00:00
Commented May 30, 2012 at 8:11
right on spot! that fixed it! it ran in less than 30 seconds!!! thank you very much!

marcio_rogerio
– marcio_rogerio

2012-05-30 12:36:15 +00:00
Commented May 30, 2012 at 12:36

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