How to capture elapsed time for a file copy command

SteveInTallyFL · 01-25-2010, 12:46 PM

I am troubleshooting file copy time issues between 3 servers. I need to copy the same file from server A to both server B and server C and compare the elapsed times for the copy. Is there an easy way to do this?

kforbus · 01-25-2010, 12:55 PM

There's probably a better way, but I usually just do something like this:

Code:

date && cp -R folder /destination && date

That will output the date/time, run the copy command, then output the date/time again.

evo2 · 01-25-2010, 01:05 PM

The time command will do that.
eg.

Code:

time scp file host:

You can pass all sorts of flags to time. Have a look at the man page.

Evo2.

kforbus · 01-25-2010, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

The time command will do that.
eg.

Code:

time scp file host:

You can pass all sorts of flags to time. Have a look at the man page.

Evo2.

Good call. I didn't even think about the time command.

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