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Re:Moreutils – Unix tools that nobody thought to write (2012) by sannee on Saturday August 22, 2020 @06:11AM (#24243087)
The Debian ripgrep binary is 5.1MB. That would consume over 15% of a 32MB flash, which is the common constraint you have to work with in many (actually, discounting Android, it might even be most) Linux deployments.
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Re:Moreutils – Unix tools that nobody thought to write (2012) by rcxdude on Saturday August 22, 2020 @07:00PM (#24247972)
You're not likely to even find full-fat grep on such platforms (only busybox)
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