Jan 172010
How to measure the time needed to execute a command
Answer:
Use the time command, e.g.
# time perl -e 'sleep 5'
real 0m5.026s
user 0m0.010s
sys 0m0.020s
The above perl command takes around 5 seconds to execute.
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How to measure the time needed to execute a command
Answer:
Use the time command, e.g.
# time perl -e 'sleep 5'
real 0m5.026s
user 0m0.010s
sys 0m0.020s
The above perl command takes around 5 seconds to execute.
