root@testserver:/test# test() { for A in `seq 1 10000`; do touch $RANDOM.$RANDOM.$A; done }
root@testserver:/test# time test
real 0m5.772s
user 0m4.419s
sys 0m1.684s
root@testserver:/test# for A in `seq 1 100`; do test ; done
root@testserver:/test# time test
real 0m5.898s
user 0m4.495s
sys 0m1.817s