time(n)                      Tcl ( )                      time(n)



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     NAME
          time - Time the execution of a script

     SYNOPSIS
          time script ?count?
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     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
































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