Ever wanted to find out how long a command or process takes to complete ?
Unix thoughtfully provides the time command just for that purpose
For Windows users, however, no built-in equivalent exists
(unless one wants to delve into PowerShell Measure-Command intricacies, which we shall hereby refrain from, thanks for asking)...
WinXP|Vista|Win7|Win8|Win10 Quick-and-Dirty solution:
Little known ptime (25KB exe) diminutive tool, developed way back when in 2002, courtesy Jem Berkes
http://www.pc-tools.net/files/win32/fre ... ime-10.zip
ptime command [arguments]
Sample ptime output excerpts, timing the "DIR" command (check result at end of drop-down list)
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>ptime dir /X /P
ptime 1.0 for Win32, Freeware
Copyright(C) 2002, Jem Berkes <jberkes@pc-tools.net>
=== dir /X /P ===
Volume in drive C is Preload
Volume Serial Number is 8C01-2CBF
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32
31/12/2018 15:28 <DIR> .
31/12/2018 15:28 <DIR> ..
11/10/2007 18:50 333 $ncsp$.inf
11/10/2007 19:55 2,424 $winnt$.inf
11/10/2007 18:41 <DIR> (null)
...
...
...
06/07/2008 13:06 575,488 xpsshhdr.dll
06/07/2008 13:06 1,676,288 xpssvcs.dll
10/07/2013 09:54 <DIR> XPSVIE~1 XPSViewer
26/02/2014 02:59 13,312 xp_eos.exe
13/03/2010 02:12 <DIR> zh-HK
13/03/2010 02:12 <DIR> zh-TW
14/04/2008 01:12 338,432 zipfldr.dll
05/02/2010 00:30 9,252,380 ZJEGHC
2308 File(s) 637,377,516 bytes
78 Dir(s) 33,539,342,336 bytes free
Execution time: 1.985 s
