plucky (3) time.3tcl.gz

NAME

       time - Time the execution of a script

SYNOPSIS

       time script ?count?
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DESCRIPTION

       This  command  will  call  the  Tcl  interpreter  count times to evaluate script (or once if count is not
       specified).  It will then return a string of the form

              503.2 microseconds per iteration

       which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, in microseconds.  Time is measured  in
       elapsed time, not CPU time.

EXAMPLE

       Estimate 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 ALSO

       clock(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       script, time