$ time read A very simple and useful stopwatch.(ctrl-d or Enter to stop)
$ time read -sn1 (s:silent, n:number of characters. Press any character to stop) Ex: th...@thasu-desktop ~/Desktop $ time read (Press ctrl-d with in a sec) real 0m2.424s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s th...@thasu-desktop ~/Desktop $ time read -sn1 (Press any char to stop) real 0m1.968s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s th...@thasu-desktop ~/Desktop $ time read -sn3 (press any three char to stop) real 0m3.544s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s -- Regards, Tha.Suresh http://thasulinux.wordpress.com -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
