05-21-2014
I think if you have a 15MB shell script it's going to be slow no matter what. So if speeding things up is important the best approach is, unfortunately, to redesign the script and break functions into separate pieces. If you do that in a way that makes sense, by creating separate scripts that perform logical sub-tasks, then only the parts that need to run at any given time will be executed. It will probably be easier for you and whoever else inherits it to maintain going forward as well.
If you really have ONE shell function that's around 15MB, that's likely to be a painful redesign though.
And if the entire thing has to run each time, then breaking it up won't help much either. In that case, I think converting to another language that's compiled (C) or at least pre-parsed (python) would be your best bet.
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script(1) User Commands script(1)
NAME
script - make record of a terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.
The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.
OPTIONS
The following option is supported:
-a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.
NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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SEE ALSO
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WARNINGS
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