Query: time
OS: opensolaris
Section: 1t
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time(1T) Tcl Built-In Commands time(1T) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________NAMEtime - Time the execution of a scriptSYNOPSIStime script ?count? _________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTIONThis command will call the Tcl interpreter count times to evaluate script (or once if count isn't specified). It will then return a string of the form 503 microseconds per iteration which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, in microseconds. Time is measured in elapsed time, not CPU time.EXAMPLEEstimate how long it takes for a simple Tcl for loop to count to a thousand: time { for {set i 0} {$i<1000} {incr i} { # empty body } }SEE ALSOclock(1T)KEYWORDSscript, timeATTRIBUTESSee attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTcl | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+NOTESSource for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tcl time(1T)