Measure the Duration of a Windows PowerShell Command Problem

You want to know how long a command takes to execute.

Solution

To measure the duration of a command, use the MeasureCommand cmdlet: PS >MeasureCommand { StartSleep Milliseconds 337 }

Days : 0 Hours : 0 Minutes : 0 Seconds : 0 Milliseconds : 339 Ticks : 3392297 TotalDays : 3.92626967592593E06 TotalHours : 9.42304722222222E05 TotalMinutes : 0.00565382833333333 TotalSeconds : 0.3392297 TotalMilliseconds : 339.2297

Discussion

In interactive use, it is common to want to measure the duration of a command. An example of this might be running a performance benchmark on an application you’ve developed. The MeasureCommand cmdlet makes this easy to do. Because the command generates rich objectbased output, you can use its output for many daterelated tasks.

For more information about the MeasureCommand cmdlet, type GetHelp MeasureCommand.