tcl7.6 User Commands - time






NAME

     time - Time the execution of a script


SYNOPSIS

     time script ?count?





DESCRIPTION

     This command will call the Tcl interpreter  count  times  to
     evaluate script (or once if count isn't specified).  It will
     then return a string of the form
          503 microseconds per iteration
     which indicates the average  amount  of  time  required  per
     iteration,  in  microseconds.   Time  is measured in elapsed
     time, not CPU time.



KEYWORDS

     script, time