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Print out the execution time of a specified terminal command, 10 times
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time_command.sh
# Usage:
# ./time_command.sh "sleep 2"
# (or a command you actually care about timing, in quotes)
COMMAND="$1"
for N in {1..10}
do
printf "$N: "
( time `eval $COMMAND` ) 2>&1 | grep real | awk '{ printf $2 }'
echo
done
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