It is so slow:

  $ sudo wc -l /var/log/syslog
  4982 /var/log/syslog
  
  $ sudo cat /var/log/syslog | bash -c "time gonzo"
  
  real    6m13,359s
  user    6m42,317s
  sys     0m28,946s

Six minutes on my virtual machine for 5 thousand lines.