[cozzyd]

   $ /usr/bin/time date
   Fri Oct 24 10:20:17 AM CDT 2025
   0.00user 0.00system 0:00.00elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2264maxresident)k
   0inputs+0outputs (0major+93minor)pagefaults 0swaps

Imagine how much faster it will be with threading!

[rurban]

Rather think of cp, mv, install, backup. Copying files faster is still an ongoing effort, also in gnu coreutils

[1718627440]

When I want to do stuff in parallel at the OS level, I rather user processes and e.g. GNU parallel.