$ for i in $(seq 1 1); do Rscript -e 'system.time(for(i in 1:1e4){fisher.test(matrix(c(200,300,400,500),nrow=2))})' & done user system elapsed 46.694 0.088 47.189 $ for i in $(seq 1 2); do Rscript -e 'system.time(for(i in 1:1e4){fisher.test(matrix(c(200,300,400,500),nrow=2))})' & done user system elapsed 48.007 0.060 48.188 user system elapsed 47.838 0.072 49.487