Hi Grant,
> id(1) `-u' option?
...
I think this is a wonderful way to learn. :-D
Like Ted, I favour sh over bash for scripts when possible,
and was just chipping in to help increase sh's number. :-)
$ strace -c dash -c : |& sed -n '1p;$p'
% time seconds usecs/call calls errors syscall
100.00 0.000883 35 1 total
$ strace -c bash -c : |& sed -n '1p;$p'
% time seconds usecs/call calls errors syscall
100.00 0.002943 145 8 total
$
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Cheers, Ralph.
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