# -*- shell-script -*- :mode=shellscript: # # Author: Makarius # # timestart - setup bash environment for timing. # TIMES_RESULT="" function get_times () { local TMP="/tmp/get_times$$" times > "$TMP" # No pipe here! TIMES_RESULT="$SECONDS $(echo $(cat "$TMP") | perl -pe 's,\d+m\d+\.\d+s \d+m\d+\.\d+s (\d+)m(\d+)\.\d+s +(\d+)m(\d+)\.\d+s, $1 * 60 + $2 + $3 * 60 + $4,e')" rm -f "$TMP" } get_times # sets TIMES_RESULT