perl or bash script ?

[GoHAnSoN]

I was wondering which language is more suitable for pasing file >1G ?
Anyone experience poeple mind to enlight me ?

Thx.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I don't know, but I'm curious how anyone ends upw ith a text file over 1GB.

 

[Nothinman]

IMO bash isn't very good for parsing files of any size, for me perl is more capable and easier to use and you get regular expressions.