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Re: Timing an operation
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Timing an operation |
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Thu, 24 May 2007 11:46:37 -0400 |
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Matthew_S <M_Sleaford@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Can i have something like;
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> if
> difference between dates <5seconds
> echo fail
> fi
date1=`perl -e 'print time()'`
...
date2=`perl -e 'print time()'`
interval=`expr "$date2" - "$date1"`
if test 5 -gt "$interval"; then
echo fail
fi
On some systems, you could also use "date +%s" instead of perl, if you
prefer.
paul