[SOLVED] Calculate time difference between two lines

vivekn1980 · 12-14-2017, 11:55 PM

i grep time stamp in a file as given below

now i need to calculate time difference

file data:

18:29:10
22:15:50

please help

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BW-userx · 05-02-2018, 08:02 PM

Code:

  22:15:50
- 18:29:10
------------
equals answer

syg00 · 05-02-2018, 08:06 PM

OP has history of asking same question(s) over and over.

onebuck · 05-05-2018, 08:43 AM

@vivekn1980

I suggest that you look at https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...#faq_lqwelcome

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Your posting history has shown mostly needs without deeds!

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Turbocapitalist · 05-05-2018, 08:53 AM

Grab CPAN's Date::Calc module for Perl 5 and you'll be done in a few lines. The function to import would be either Delta_YMDHMS() or more probably Delta_DHMS() for your task.