Is Perl faster than bash?

Question

I have a bash script that cuts out a section of a logfile between 2 timestamps, but because of the size of the files, it takes quite a while to run.

If I were to rew

Answer 1

You will almost certainly realize a massive speed benefit from writing your script in Perl just by cutting off the file read when you pass your second timestamp.

More generally, yes; a bash script of any complexity, unless it's a truly amazing piece of wizardry, can handily be outperformed by a Perl script for equivalent inputs and outputs.