New MILLISECONDS “special” variable?

Hello all, I understand there is a “special” variable, SECONDS, which returns the number of seconds since bash invocation when referenced. Unfortunately for tasks like profiling one’s .profile, SECONDS is too coarse a unit. Milliseconds are more useful, but getting the time in milliseconds is onl

Re: New MILLISECONDS “special” variable?

Thanks all, EPOCHREALTIME sounds perfect. I’m also glad to have learned about loadable modules. Really cool. Alan On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/2/17 4:09 PM, DJ Mills wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Chet Ramey > > wrote