How do you time how long a command took to run?

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                          How would you find out how long a running process took to complete? 

Example: 

     date; dd bs=1m if=/foo of=bar; date

^This example only has 1 second of resolution. 

Any shell is acceptable.

Asked by spuder (18573 rep)

Aug 13, 2013, 10:15 PM
Last activity: Jan 27, 2025, 05:25 PM

How do you time how long a command took to run?

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