Thanks Paul and Chet; They both do the same thing and that's exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks again, Matthew. Chet Ramey wrote: > > Paul Jarc wrote: > >> date1=`perl -e 'print time()'` >> ... >> date2=`perl -e 'print time()'` >> interval=`expr "$date2" - "$date1"` > > This general approach can be used without invoking any external programs: > > date1=$SECONDS > ... > date2=$SECONDS > interval=$(( $date2 - $date1 )) > > Chet > -- > ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer > Live Strong. No day but today. > Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-bash mailing list > Bug-bash@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Timing-an-operation-tf3809131.html#a10799786 Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
