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Created July 31, 2013 20:04
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A simple bash stop watch.
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stop-watch.sh
#!/bin/bash
START=$(date +%s)
read -s -n1 -p $'Press a key when done.\n'
ELAPSED_SECONDS=$(bc <<< "scale=10; ($(date +%s) - $START)")
if [ $ELAPSED_SECONDS -gt 60 ]; then
ELAPSED_MINUTES=$((ELAPSED_SECONDS / 60))
ELAPSED_SECONDS=$((ELAPSED_SECONDS - ELAPSED_MINUTES * 60))
echo -n "$ELAPSED_MINUTES minutes "
fi
echo "$ELAPSED_SECONDS seconds"
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