GNU bug report logs - #35531
problem with ls in coreutils

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Viktors Berstis <cugnujm <at> berstis.com>

Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 22:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Peter Edwards <no-spam <at> optusnet.com.au>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35531: problem with ls in coreutils
Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 10:01:40 +1000

Hi

Although this bug report seems to be a problem with the windows port
of ls, it reminded me of an interesting investigation into slow ls
speeds due to colorizing via the LS_COLORS environment variable.

See 
https://news.sherlock.stanford.edu/posts/when-setting-an-environment-variable-gives-you-a-40-x-speedup

I thought it an interesting case study.

Regards - PSDE
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