Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 16:39:56 -0500 (EST) From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time usage question Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0202061638070.10466-100000@opal> In-Reply-To: <20020206213251.GJ1066@dan.emsphone.com>
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Thanks. I have found a workaround (tell me if I am wrong): $ cat mycommand ls | xargs rm $ time mycommand -Zhihui On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Feb 06), Zhihui Zhang said: > > > > I often use something like: > > > > $ time command > > > > Now the command is a complex one, like "ls | xargs rm". Can I still use > > the same format. For example, > > > > $ time ls | xargs rm > > Depends on your shell. zsh will time each command in the pipeline > separately: > > zsh> time ls | wc -l | wc -l > 1 > ls 0.00s user 0.04s system 54% cpu 0.071 total > wc -l 0.00s user 0.02s system 26% cpu 0.059 total > wc -l 0.00s user 0.01s system 14% cpu 0.053 total > > Most other shells will time only the first command. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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