[CentOS] Timing a command

[Garrick Staples]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 07:05:40PM -0500, Scott Ehrlich alleged:
> I want to keep track of how long a task is running.  Thinking it wouldn't 
> take that long, I opted not to run time before it.  The fact that it is 
> taking a long time, if I revisit the machine in the morning, what would be 
> the best way to find out what time it ended?

I the terminal where the command is running, type 'date', hit enter, and walk away.

At some point, the command will exit and 'date' will execute.

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