# The sysutils/multitime port

## multitime-1.2 – time multiple executions of a command

## Description

    Unix's 'time' utility is a simple and often effective way of measuring how
    long a command takes to run ('wall time'). Unfortunately, running a command
    once can give misleading timings: the process may create a cache on its first
    execution, running faster subsequently; other processes may cause the command
    to be starved of CPU or IO time; etc. It is common to see people run 'time'
    several times and take whichever values they feel most comfortable with.
    Inevitably, this causes problems.

    multitime is, in essence, a simple extension to time which runs a command
    multiple times and prints the timing means, standard deviations, mins,
    medians, and maxes having done so. This can give a much better understanding
    of the command's performance.

WWW: http://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime/

Categories:
  sysutils

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