performance optimization-use-lc

In the expansive toolkit of any Linux user, utilities like sort and grep are indispensable for managing and processing text data. However, many users aren't aware that they can significantly optimize these tools' performance when dealing with ASCII-only data. In this blog, we'll explore how setting LC_ALL=C achieves this and provide some practical examples and a working script to demonstrate the benefits. A1: In Linux, LC_ALL is an environment variable that controls the locale settings used by applications. Setting LC_ALL to C forces applications to use the default C locale, which is the standard C environment.