[kanchilug] [Tip] A very simple stopwatch
- From: "Tha.Suresh" <jemenisuresh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ILUG-C <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, KanchiLug <kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, iitdlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:44:42 +0530
$ time read
A very simple and useful stopwatch.(ctrl-d or Enter to stop)
$ time read -sn1 (s:silent, n:number of characters. Press any character to stop)
Ex:
thasu@thasu-desktop ~/Desktop $ time read (Press ctrl-d with in a sec)
real 0m2.424s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s
thasu@thasu-desktop ~/Desktop $ time read -sn1 (Press any char to stop)
real 0m1.968s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s
thasu@thasu-desktop ~/Desktop $ time read -sn3 (press any three char to stop)
real 0m3.544s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s
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Regards,
Tha.Suresh
http://thasulinux.wordpress.com
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