Command-line Basics: Timing Command Execution

The command-line is full of a bunch of small, single purpose utilities that can help eliminate the need of writing any additional code yourself. Sure, you could track the start and end times and calculate the difference to get the duration. You could even grab your trusty stopwatch [app] and track things that way. Or, you could save yourself all that trouble and simply leverage time. Getting started For a such a simple command, time is actually a bit confusing, conceptionally. First off, the tim...

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