HPUX stopwatch

[Ferdie Castro]

Hi, Is there any command or probably you can help me develop a script that is like a stop watch. Example when I press enter key the clock watch stops then press enter key again it goes on and has the option the reset back to 0:00. thanks.

[Michael Steele_2]

Begin with 'xclock'. You can probably add a button or two:

http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1171-90146/B1171-90146_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1171-90146/00/00/49-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1171-90146/00/00/49-toc.html&searchterms=xclock&queryid=20031016-204412

[Elmar P. Kolkman · Accepted solution]

Or try the unix command time.

A simple solution would be:
time read dummy

If you want to keep this going, it would become:
while true
do
read dummy
done

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

(Sorry, I meant 'time read dummy' in the while loop, of course)