Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: From: "Morrison, John" To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Timing problem Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:58:22 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Superb! Thank you very much. J. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au] > Sent: Friday, 06 July 2001 09:45 > To: Morrison, John; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: RE: Timing problem > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Morrison, John [mailto:John DOT Morrison AT uk DOT experian DOT com] > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 6:37 PM > > To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com' > > Subject: RE: Timing problem > > > > > > Nope: > > > > w > > > > real 0m0.422s > > user 0m0.062s > > sys 0m0.077s > > > > What made you think of the brackets? I think that the ls is > > being piped > > into grep. > > > > My previous test cases > > $ time echo | less > > > real 0m3.796s > user 0m0.080s > sys 0m0.080s > > note the two lines under the prompt. You can't see it here, but less > paused with (END) _before_ the real user and sys values came up. > > $ (time echo) | less > > real 0m0.000s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.000s > > Note the single line after the prompt, and the 0 time length :]. That > gave me the conclusion that your first problem was that time > was timing > the egrep as well as the command. Trying with ls as you > indicated gives > me the time output to console still... but it times the ls as > opposed to > the less. > > Try three: with a little persistence: > > $ (time ls > /dev/null) 2>&1 | egrep '^real' > real 0m0.241s > > Rob > ======================================================================= Information in this email and any attachments are confidential, and may not be copied or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor disclosed to any third party without our permission. There is no intention to create any legally binding contract or other commitment through the use of this email. Experian Limited (registration number 653331). Registered office: Talbot House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5HF -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/