GNU Sed 4.3: 10x Faster Regular Expressions, Faster I/O
For those making use of GNU's Stream Editor, Sed, for non-interactive command-line text editing there is a new release available.
GNU Sed 4.3 now has regular expression matching that is around ten times faster than previous versions. Also improving the performance in sed 4.3 is unlocked I/O. With the unlocked I/O, the I/O operations are now generally faster too.
Sed 4.3 also has a range of other fixes and minor improvements. More details on this first GNU project release of 2017 can be found via the release announcement and project site.
GNU Sed 4.3 now has regular expression matching that is around ten times faster than previous versions. Also improving the performance in sed 4.3 is unlocked I/O. With the unlocked I/O, the I/O operations are now generally faster too.
Sed 4.3 also has a range of other fixes and minor improvements. More details on this first GNU project release of 2017 can be found via the release announcement and project site.
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