Good point! But sometimes a large-scale parallel filesystem can't beat a local SSD on certain patterns.
Also, we didn't see any timings for that 1,000x claim, so let's say it's an estimate. :)
Also, we didn't see any timings for that 1,000x claim, so let's say it's an estimate. :)
But .. do people actually use `ls` to list so many files? I mean, it'd scroll off the terminal anyway.
for i in $(ls)
do
Something dumb
done for i in *txt
do
...
done
Use find | while read instead, or xargs. That's going to be easier on the eyes and actually work.
for i in *; do
...;
done
EDIT: Actually, one issue with the above is that if there aren't any matching files then you get a literal "*". But I'd rather deal with that then break when filenames have embedded whitespace.