grep large binary files
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This is a weak point of grep, it can't handle large lines that don't fit fully into memory:
- superuser.com/questions/1703029/is-there-a-limit-for-a-line-length-for-grep-command-to-process-correctly what is the grep line limit?
- unix.stackexchange.com/questions/223078/best-way-to-grep-big-binary-file/758528#758528 Ciro's
bgrepcanon - large not required but mentioning bgrep anyways:
- superuser.com/questions/1368263/use-grep-for-a-long-line-to-get-the-part-of-the-line/1811969#1811969
- unix.stackexchange.com/questions/217936/equivalent-command-to-grep-binary-files/758544#758544
- stackoverflow.com/questions/2034799/how-to-truncate-long-matching-lines-returned-by-grep-or-ack/77263826#77263826
- stackoverflow.com/questions/9988379/how-to-grep-a-text-file-which-contains-some-binary-data leaving this one alone for now
- stackoverflow.com/questions/65674717/how-to-check-if-a-binary-file-is-contained-inside-another-binary-from-the-linux search pattern from file