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 data-related tasks.

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

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