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Get-ChildItem to a file is 2x slower than CMD #12817

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Steps to reproduce

(Measure-Command { dir -Recurse C:\rnw | Out-File C:\temp\1.txt }).TotalSeconds

takes 15.222019 seconds
whereas CMD:

C:\temp\timecmd.cmd "dir /s C:\rnw > C:\temp\1.txt"

command took 0:0:8.47 (8.47s total)

Expected behavior

Same performance as CMD.

Actual behavior

2x slower than CMD

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Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.1
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.20133
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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