https://github.com/mattjegan/HowLong

A simple command line application that lets you know how long your command has been running.
https://github.com/mattjegan/HowLong

cli howlong process python timing

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A simple command line application that lets you know how long your command has been running.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mattjegan/HowLong
• Owner: mattjegan
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2016-03-01T04:12:55.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-02T16:28:56.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-13T13:05:22.244Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: cli, howlong, process, python, timing
• Language: Python
• Size: 50.8 KB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 18
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# HowLong

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A simple command line application that lets you know how long your command has been running.

## Installation

### From PyPi

```

pip install howlong

```

### From source

```

git clone https://github.com/mattjegan/howlong.git

cd HowLong

python setup.py install

```

## Usage

Time a command

```

$ howlong python helloworld.py

Running python helloworld.py

0:00:01.003903

Hello, World!

0:00:02.005022

Finished python helloworld.py

```

Time a process already running

```

$ howlong pid 1234

DEBUG: Running ping -c 500 google.com

INFO:0:01:05.915637

.

.

Finished ping -c 500 google.com

```

Change the interval at which `howlong` times

```

howlong -i 0.5 

```

Display help

```

howlong -h

usage: howlong [-h] [-i [interval]] C [C ...]

Time a process

positional arguments:

  C              a valid command

optional arguments:

  -h, --help     show this help message and exit

  -i [interval]  the timer interval, defaults to 1 second

```

## Contributing

### Submitting an issue or feature request

If you find an issue or have a feature request please open an issue at [Github HowLong Repo](https://github.com/mattjegan/howlong).