Script performance test

script-performance-test.sh

#!/bin/bash
#----------AUTHOR------------
	# Jacob Salmela
	# 27 March 2014
	# https://github.com/jakesalmela/
	
#---------DESCRIPTION--------
	# Tests the performance of a script

#-----------USAGE------------
	# To run: 
	#
	#	./script-performance-test.sh <yourScriptAsAnArgument.sh> 
	#

#----------VARIABLES---------
	# $1 will be the script to test
	# It should be passed as an argument to this script

#----------FUNCTIONS---------
function performanceTest()
	{
	# Run this loop 10 times
	for i in {1..10}
	do 
	
		# Time the script (argument passed to this script) sending the output into the Sarlaac Pit
		time $1 >/dev/null
		
	# awk out only the last field, which is the time it took to run the script each time
	done 2>&1 | awk '/real/ {print $2}'
	}
	
#---------------------------------#
#----------BEGIN SCRIPT-----------#
#---------------------------------#
performanceTest $1