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readme: update benchmarks

This also updates the corpora used, so previous times (and counts) are
not comparable.

We also remove some tools, likt pt, sift and ucg, since they appear to
be no longer maintained. ag isn't really maintained either, but it still
has significant mind share, so we retain a benchmark for it.

We also upgrade ack to version 3, and remove the clarification on how
`-w` is implemented.

We also add `git grep -P` (uses PCRE2) which appears to be much faster
than `git grep -E`.

Finally, we add ugrep which is a new up and comer in this space.

Fixes #1474
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@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ Please see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for a release history.
### Quick examples comparing tools
This example searches the entire Linux kernel source tree (after running
`make defconfig && make -j8`) for `[A-Z]+_SUSPEND`, where all matches must be
words. Timings were collected on a system with an Intel i7-6900K 3.2 GHz, and
ripgrep was compiled with SIMD enabled.
This example searches the entire
[Linux kernel source tree](https://github.com/BurntSushi/linux)
(after running `make defconfig && make -j8`) for `[A-Z]+_SUSPEND`, where
all matches must be words. Timings were collected on a system with an Intel
i7-6900K 3.2 GHz.
Please remember that a single benchmark is never enough! See my
[blog post on ripgrep](https://blog.burntsushi.net/ripgrep/)
@ -49,40 +50,38 @@ for a very detailed comparison with more benchmarks and analysis.
| Tool | Command | Line count | Time |
| ---- | ------- | ---------- | ---- |
| ripgrep (Unicode) | `rg -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 450 | **0.106s** |
| [git grep](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-grep.html) | `LC_ALL=C git grep -E -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 450 | 0.553s |
| [The Silver Searcher](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher) | `ag -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 450 | 0.589s |
| [git grep (Unicode)](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-grep.html) | `LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 git grep -E -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 450 | 2.266s |
| [sift](https://github.com/svent/sift) | `sift --git -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 450 | 3.505s |
| [ack](https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack2) | `ack -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 1878 | 6.823s |
| [The Platinum Searcher](https://github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher) | `pt -w -e '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 450 | 14.208s |
| ripgrep (Unicode) | `rg -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | **0.136s** |
| [git grep](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-grep.html) | `git grep -P -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | 0.348s |
| [ugrep](https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep) | `ugrep -r --ignore-files --no-hidden -I -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | 0.506s |
| [git grep](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-grep.html) | `LC_ALL=C git grep -E -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | 1.150s |
| [The Silver Searcher](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher) | `ag -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | 0.654s |
| [ack](https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3) | `ack -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | 4.054s |
| [git grep (Unicode)](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-grep.html) | `LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 git grep -E -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 452 | 4.205s |
(Yes, `ack` [has](https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack2/issues/445) a
[bug](https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack2/issues/14).)
Here's another benchmark that disregards gitignore files and searches with a
whitelist instead. The corpus is the same as in the previous benchmark, and the
flags passed to each command ensure that they are doing equivalent work:
Here's another benchmark on the same corpus as above that disregards gitignore
files and searches with a whitelist instead. The corpus is the same as in the
previous benchmark, and the flags passed to each command ensure that they are
doing equivalent work:
| Tool | Command | Line count | Time |
| ---- | ------- | ---------- | ---- |
| ripgrep | `rg -L -u -tc -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 404 | **0.079s** |
| [ucg](https://github.com/gvansickle/ucg) | `ucg --type=cc -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 390 | 0.163s |
| [GNU grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/) | `egrep -R -n --include='*.c' --include='*.h' -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 404 | 0.611s |
| ripgrep | `rg -uuu -tc -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 388 | **0.096s** |
| [ugrep](https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep) | `ugrep -r -n --include='*.c' --include='*.h' -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 388 | 0.493s |
| [GNU grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/) | `egrep -r -n --include='*.c' --include='*.h' -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'` | 388 | 0.806s |
(`ucg` [has slightly different behavior in the presence of symbolic links](https://github.com/gvansickle/ucg/issues/106).)
And finally, a straight-up comparison between ripgrep and GNU grep on a single
large file (~9.3GB,
[`OpenSubtitles2016.raw.en.gz`](http://opus.lingfil.uu.se/OpenSubtitles2016/mono/OpenSubtitles2016.raw.en.gz)):
And finally, a straight-up comparison between ripgrep, ugrep and GNU grep on a
single large file
(~9.3GB, [`OpenSubtitles.raw.en.gz`](http://opus.nlpl.eu/download.php?f=OpenSubtitles/v2018/mono/OpenSubtitles.raw.en.gz)):
| Tool | Command | Line count | Time |
| ---- | ------- | ---------- | ---- |
| ripgrep | `rg -w 'Sherlock [A-Z]\w+'` | 5268 | **2.108s** |
| [GNU grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/) | `LC_ALL=C egrep -w 'Sherlock [A-Z]\w+'` | 5268 | 7.014s |
| ripgrep | `rg -w 'Sherlock [A-Z]\w+'` | 7882 | **2.769s** |
| [ugrep](https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep) | `ugrep -w 'Sherlock [A-Z]\w+'` | 7882 | 6.802s |
| [GNU grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/) | `LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 egrep -w 'Sherlock [A-Z]\w+'` | 7882 | 9.027s |
In the above benchmark, passing the `-n` flag (for showing line numbers)
increases the times to `2.640s` for ripgrep and `10.277s` for GNU grep.
increases the times to `3.423s` for ripgrep and `13.031s` for GNU grep. ugrep
times are unaffected by the presence or absence of `-n`.
### Why should I use ripgrep?