Re: feature: time builtin and file descriptor

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/29/14 10:09 AM, Sami Kerola wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Would it make sense to add to 'time' builtin a way to measure how long
> a file descriptor is been kept open?  Something like this.

You can use $SECONDS for this, but you have to do the math and keep track
of the file descriptors yourself.

Chet

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