"Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo at gmail.com>: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:48:54 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> Try running the sed command again after setting: >> >> export LANG=C > > Hmmm. Interesting thought. But... > > $ locale > LANG=C Ok. The LANG=C setting has a tremendous effect on the performance of textutils. Marko