Microtime in bash: sub-second precision
15 Dec 2022Post #8 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash operations.
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Post #8 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash operations.
GitHub Actions, used in countless CI/CD setups, are a good example of the ubiquity of bash scripting. Most of the run:
lines in an Action YML document are nothing but (a sequence of) bash command lines.
Every end of the month, as I spend several hours getting on top of all my receipts, expenses and invoices, scanning barely legible paper tidbits with my phone, I’m thinking to myself, surely there must be a better way? I mean, we are 2022, after all?
I have been working on GDPR-related issues recently, and I need to vent a little. While it might be a good thing that the privacy concerns, that led to GDPR, were raised by lawyers, unfortunately the implementation was left to lawyers, too. Let me rant first and talk about a solution afterwards.
Post #7 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash text manipulations.
Post #6 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash text manipulations.
Post #5 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash text manipulations.
Post #4 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash text manipulations.
Post #3 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash text manipulations.
Post #2 in this bash benchmark series, measuring the speed of common bash text manipulations.