Bash / cygwin process spawning (?) performance very slow

[litter@null.net]

> Maybe:
> 
> strace bash -c 'time cat some-file | while read i;do echo 
> $i;/bin/true;done'
> 
> Haven't tested it.
> 
> Simplify the command:
> 
> for((i=0;i<150;i++));do /bin/true;done
> 
> to rule out a pipe-problem.

Thanks for the tips! Used a variant on the for loop to simplify the problem.

Regards,
Paul

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