deleted bash script for now

surnames.c

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #define HASH_BUCKETS 4000037
 #define MIN_COUNT 10000
 
+/*
+ * Usage: pipe dblp.xml to the programm or have it in the same folder as the program
+ */
+
 void string_ncopy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t max_len) {
     size_t i = 0;
     while (i < max_len - 1 && src[i]) {
@@ -170,30 +174,6 @@ void make_list(person **hashmap, person **list, const int min_count) {
     free(hashmap);
 }
 
-void verify_list(person *list, person *test) {
-    person *p = list;
-    int count = 0;
-    while (p != NULL) {
-        person *next = p->next;
-        if (strcmp(p->name, test->name) == 0) {
-            count++;
-        }
-        p = next;
-    }
-    if (count > 1) {
-        printf("ERROR: %s\n", test->name);
-    }
-}
-
-void check_list(person *list) {
-    person *p = list;
-    while (p != NULL) {
-        person *next = p->next;
-        verify_list(list, p);
-        p = next;
-    }
-}
-
 void clean_list(person *list) {
     person *p = list;
     while (p != NULL) {
@@ -246,7 +226,6 @@ int main(void) {
     free(buffer);
     person *list = NULL;
     make_list(hashmap, &list, MIN_COUNT);
-    check_list(list);
     display(list);
     clean_list(list);
     return 0;

surnames_fast.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Fast DBLP Surname Extractor - Optimized for 4GB+ files
+"""
+
+import sys
+import re
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+
+def fast_extract_surnames(input_stream, min_count=10000):
+    """Memory-efficient surname extraction"""
+    surname_counts = defaultdict(int)
+
+    # Compile regex for performance
+    tag_pattern = re.compile(r"<(author|editor)[^>]*>([^<]+)</(author|editor)>")
+    year_pattern = re.compile(r"\s+\d{4}$")
+    entity_pattern = re.compile(r"&[^;]*;")
+
+    for line in input_stream:
+        for match in tag_pattern.finditer(line):
+            content = match.group(2).strip()
+
+            # Remove year suffix
+            content = year_pattern.sub("", content)
+
+            # Get surname (last word)
+            words = content.split()
+            if words:
+                surname = words[-1]
+                # Clean entities
+                surname = entity_pattern.sub("", surname)
+                if surname:
+                    surname_counts[surname] += 1
+
+    # Filter and sort results
+    results = [
+        (surname, count)
+        for surname, count in surname_counts.items()
+        if count >= min_count
+    ]
+    results.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+
+    return results
+
+
+def main():
+    min_count = (
+        int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1].isdigit() else 10000
+    )
+
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and not sys.argv[1].isdigit():
+        # Read from file
+        with open(sys.argv[1], "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            results = fast_extract_surnames(f, min_count)
+    else:
+        # Read from stdin
+        results = fast_extract_surnames(sys.stdin, min_count)
+
+    for surname, count in results:
+        print(f"{surname} {count}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

validate_extraction.sh

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "Running full validation with working pipeline..."
-
-# Generate complete bash results using the proven pipeline
-echo "Extracting all surnames (this may take a few minutes for 4.7GB file)..."
-{
-    grep -E "<(author|editor)" dblp.xml | \
-    sed -E 's/.*<(author|editor)[^>]*>//; s/<\/(author|editor)>.*//' | \
-    awk '{
-        if ($NF ~ /^[0-9]{4}$/) { NF-- }
-        if (NF > 0) { 
-            surname = $NF
-            gsub(/&[^;]*;/, "", surname)
-            if (length(surname) > 0) print surname 
-        }
-    }' | \
-    sort | uniq -c | \
-    awk '$1 >= 10000 {print $2, $1}' | \
-    sort -k2 -nr
-} > bash_results.txt
-
-echo "Bash extraction complete. Results: $(wc -l < bash_results.txt) surnames"
-
-# Get your C program results
-./main > c_results.txt
-
-echo "C extraction complete. Results: $(wc -l < c_results.txt) surnames"
-
-# Quick comparison of top entries
-echo "Top 5 comparison:"
-echo "=== C Program ==="
-head -5 c_results.txt
-echo "=== Bash Script ==="
-head -5 bash_results.txt
-
-# Check Wang specifically
-echo "Wang comparison:"
-echo "C: $(grep "^Wang " c_results.txt)"
-echo "Bash: $(grep "^Wang " bash_results.txt)"
-