can we find out how much time the script takes to execute

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hi ,

Is there any command to find out that how much time the scipt takes execute in Linux shell.

I am making datbase backup using shell and i also want to append to file name that how many seconds the script takes to execute.

Any one have got any remotest clue ?

[oracleguy]

time <command to run>

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How can i use that inside the command i want to use like

mysqldump . . . . > database_time.sql

[oracleguy]

Well you can dump the data into a file or shell variable and then parse the information.

like:

time (mysqldump ... > database_time.sql) 2> runtime
... parse runtime for information ...

rm runtime

... rename database_time.sql to include the runtime ...


Also look at the man page for time, it has quite a few options for controlling the format of its output.