The sed/tr showdown

timers.sh

# These are tests to determine which is faster:
# 	1. getting the file, fixing it with tr, 
#          and outputting that to a new file, then deleting the original
#	2. getting the file, and fixing it with sed in-line.
sedtest () {	
	sedcount=0
	echo 'This test is for sed performance'
	time (
		while [ $sedcount -lt 1000 ]; do
			cp ./a.safe ./a
			sudo sed -i 's/\r//' ./a
			sudo rm ./a
			sedcount=$(($sedcount+1))
		done
	)
}

trtest () {
	trcount=0
	echo 'This test is for tr/rm performance'
	time (
		while [ $trcount -lt 1000 ]; do
			cp ./a.safe ./a
			sudo tr -d '\r' <./a >./b
			sudo rm ./a
			sudo rm ./b
			trcount=$(($trcount+1))
		done
	)
}

echo ""
echo "This is the sed/tr showdown"
echo "1000 iterations of each process"
echo ""
sedtest
echo ""
trtest
echo ""
echo ""