#1162·yq

Very slow when printing with colors

Author: mohd-akramCreated Mar 31, 2022Updated Sep 3, 2026
Labelsbugv4

Describe the bug yq is very slow when printing a YAML file with colors.

Version of yq: 4.24.2 Operating system: macOS Installed via: MacPorts

Input Yaml big.zip

Command

time yq -C big.yaml

Actual behavior Command takes more than half a minute to finish.

real	0m36.762s
user	1m31.913s
sys	0m2.216s

Expected behavior Command completes in a couple seconds at most. For reference, time using the no colors flag -M:

real	0m0.382s
user	0m0.365s
sys	0m0.084s