Interesting, thanks for that! On 12/30/05, vodhner@cox.net wrote: > I just yesterday discovered the $SECONDS variable in ksh and bash. It lets you measure elapsed time in a shell script without spawning separate processes -- very nice. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss