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funkyou

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2006-03-19

Posts: 848

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[solved] Measuring how much time a bash function takes to run?

Hi there,

a (hopefully) simple question for the bash gods out there :)

Lets say i have a script looking like this:

#!/bin/bash

some_function() {
                doing something
}

some_function

How can i measure the time (preferably in human-readable form: minutes or even hours) the bash function takes for a run?
I know about "time", but i want to do it directly inside the script...

Google tells me nothing, apart from one site where i have to pay for a solution :/

Thanks for any suggestions

Jan

Last edited by funkyou (2008-09-01 13:21:04)

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iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: [solved] Measuring how much time a bash function takes to run?

iphitus@laptop:~$ sh test.sh 
Hi
Bye

real    0m10.002s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.003s
iphitus@laptop:~$ cat test.sh 
somefunc(){
    echo "Hi"
    sleep 10
    echo "Bye"
}
time somefunc

Time appears to work within bash scripts too

funkyou

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2006-03-19

Posts: 848

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Re: [solved] Measuring how much time a bash function takes to run?

So simple i didnt even consider trying it, thanks!

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