in reply to How can I keep track of the execution time of a script?

Many *nices also have the nifty 'time' utility, which you execute from the command-line like so:

time foo.pl
Of course, if you could use Benchmark you could time individual sections of code, which would be helpful, but sigh ... (I'm pretty sure it is in the standard dist)

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