Paul E Condon wrote:

Try:

bgn=$(date +%s)
sleep 7
end=$(date +%s)
echo "elapsed seconds = " $(( end - bgn ))


You might also want to experiment with:

ps h -o etime $$

as long as you're happy with it only running under gnu. Prints the elapsed time for the shell.

--
Chris Jackson
Shadowcat Systems Ltd.


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