Re: Issue with grep -i (on i386 only?)

On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: > Mel, good day. > > Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 09:22:28PM +0100, Mel Flynn wrote: >> So on the laptop I modified the testscript as it is attached now and >> while there is still a significant delay, the wallclock time is less >> then half, when th

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