Count lines in file..fast

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Date:         Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:32:57 +0100
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

I need a fast method of counting lines in a file that contain a specific
string.

I am currently using grep mystring myfile | wc -l

but this is slow on large files.

Anyone got a faster method?

AP

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