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mkdir /tmp/foo cd /tmp/foo for ((i=0;$i<6000;i++)); do touch $i; done time ls >/dev/null real 0m0.012s user 0m0.012s sys 0m0.

by moe 17y ago

mkdir /tmp/foo cd /tmp/foo for ((i=0;$i<6000;i++)); do touch $i; done time ls >/dev/null real 0m0.012s user 0m0.012s sys 0m0.000s Perhaps try ext3?