#!/usr/bin/env python3 from statistics import mean from subprocess import DEVNULL, run from sys import argv, exit from time import perf_counter def benchmark(cmd, N=10): times = [] for _ in range(N): start = perf_counter() run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL) times.append(perf_counter() - start) return mean(times) if __name__ == "__main__": if len(argv) < 2: print("usage: python3 bench.py 'cmd' [N]") exit(1) cmd = argv[1] N = int(argv[2]) if len(argv) > 2 else 10 print(f"{benchmark(cmd, N):.4f}")