In same directory<p>time ls -al | awk &#x27;{print $1,$3}&#x27;
real    0m0.008s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.004s<p>time ls -al | col 1 3
real    0m1.690s
user    0m1.143s
sys     0m0.173s<p>While I appreciate the effort, it seems to me that this decreases the snappiness of the unix terminal experience for not much gain.