Is Perl faster than bash?

Question

I have a bash script that cuts out a section of a logfile between 2 timestamps, but because of the size of the files, it takes quite a while to run.

If I were to rew

Answer 1

In your bash script, put this:

perl -ne "print if /$FROM/../$TO/" $LOGFILES

$FROM and $TO are really regex to your start and end time.

They are inclusive, so you might want to put 2009-06-14 23:59:59 for your end time, since 2009-06-15 00:00:00 will include transactions at midnight.