Perl Timer

[jon]

is there a way to make a perl timer?

 

[J. Gleixner]

is there a way to make a perl timer?

Sure...mmm.. what's a "perl timer"?

perldoc -f alarm
perldoc -f sleep
perldoc -f localtime

Is that what you want???? Otherwise:

# make "a perl timer"
make: don't know how to make a perl timer. Stop

 

[Tad McClellan]

is there a way to make a perl timer?

Time for 5 seconds:

perl -e 'sleep shift; print "Bzzzzz\n"' 5

Time for 10 seconds:

perl -e 'sleep shift; print "Bzzzzz\n"' 10




If that doesn't meet your requirements, then consider sharing
what those requirements are.

 

[ctcgag]

is there a way to make a perl timer?

This is how I did it:

1) Buy a watch with a stopwatch functionality
2) Wear it until one of the straps breaks.
3) Use the other strap to hang it next to the computer display.
4) Use the stopwatch whenever you want to time a perl script.

HTH.

Xho