Setup and create really big file:
$ . $TESTDIR/../setup.sh
$ python3 $TESTDIR/create_big_file.py $TESTDIR/big_file.txt
Search a big file:
$ $TESTDIR/../../ag --nocolor --workers=1 --parallel hello $TESTDIR/big_file.txt
33554432:hello1073741824
67108864:hello2147483648
100663296:hello3221225472
134217728:hello4294967296
167772160:hello5368709120
201326592:hello6442450944
234881024:hello7516192768
268435456:hello
Fail to regex search a big file:
$ $TESTDIR/../../ag --nocolor --workers=1 --parallel 'hello.*' $TESTDIR/big_file.txt
ERR: Skipping */big_file.txt: pcre_exec() can't handle files larger than 2147483647 bytes. (glob)
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