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This document discusses ways to measure elapsed time within a script in Unix/Linux. It provides an example of using the 'date' utility to get the time at start and end points, calculate the difference in seconds and nanoseconds, and display the elapsed time. An alternative suggested is to use the 'time' command to measure the elapsed time of a block of code.

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This document discusses ways to measure elapsed time within a script in Unix/Linux. It provides an example of using the 'date' utility to get the time at start and end points, calculate the difference in seconds and nanoseconds, and display the elapsed time. An alternative suggested is to use the 'time' command to measure the elapsed time of a block of code.

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Measuring time within a script


This thread shows how to measure the time it takes to run a script. In my case, I am interested in measuring time between two points
within a script. Here is an example of how I would like to use this:
start_measuring_time
Line 1
Line 2
..
Line N
stop_measuring_time
show_elapsed_time

I would like the displayed time to be human readable (secs, min, hours, days, etc.), if possible. Any ideas how to do this?
/ shell-script

/ time

asked Aug 7 '11 at 19:08


user815423426
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2 Answers
You can use date util:
#!/bin/bash
start_measuring_time() {
read s1 s2 < <(date +'%s %N')
}
stop_measuring_time() {
read e1 e2 < <(date +'%s %N')
}
show_elapsed_time() {
echo "$((e1-s1)) seconds, $((e2-s2)) nanoseconds"
}
start_measuring_time
sleep 2
stop_measuring_time
show_elapsed_time

edited Aug 7 '11 at 19:54

answered Aug 7 '11 at 19:27


enzotib
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This will produce errors: the beginning and ending times need to be interpreted as seconds + nanoseconds together,
not separately - you can get things like negative values otherwise. rozcietrzewiacz Sep 1 '11 at 11:23
See my answer to this question for a way to solve this. rozcietrzewiacz Sep 1 '11 at 11:56

You could just use time :


time (
Line 1
Line 2
..
Line N
)

I think the output of time is human readable as is, but if your script is going to measure in days,

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answered Aug 7 '11 at 20:09
frabjous
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Thanks @frabjous! I think I will accept @enzotib's answer because it allows me to measure time in general control
ows (i.e. not just in linear ows). user815423426 Aug 12 '11 at 19:05

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