heya, how about... "time"? i think it outputs the timing information to stderr after it has finished running the app. it's funny all your searching didn't show that up :) for future reference, "man -k keyword" is another good place to look. sean On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:57:10AM -0600, Gerald Livingston wrote: > OK -- dumb question that I can't remember the answer to and can't find > by googling. > > How the heck do I time how long it takes a certain script to run? > > I've searched the archives and google and apropos and apt-cache on all > kinds of variations of "time" (timing, timer, etc) and can't find > anything. > > Do I need to write a 'date +%s' in to the beginning and end of the > script and do the math when it finishes? > > Another dumb bash question later if I can't figure it out. > > G > > -- > Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: > http://expita.com/nomime.html > > gvl2 (Gerald) > AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) > LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) > http://www.phorce1.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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