Display the time it took to run a command in zsh
April 9, 2019
zsh-command-time is a neat little plugin for zsh that displays the time it took to run a command.
Here’s a demo:
$ sleep 5 ; echo "Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa."
Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa.
[ Time: 5s ]
Installation
Download the plugin via git to your preferable folder of choice:
$ git clone https://github.com/popstas/zsh-command-time
Add this line to your ~/.zshrc configuration file (and make sure that the path points to your file):
source "$HOME/.zsh/plugins/zsh-command-time/command-time.plugin.zsh"
This part is also going into your ~/.zshrc configuration file:
# Different output for zsh-command-time
zsh_command_time() {
if [ -n "$ZSH_COMMAND_TIME" ]; then
hours=$(($ZSH_COMMAND_TIME/3600))
min=$(($ZSH_COMMAND_TIME/60))
sec=$(($ZSH_COMMAND_TIME%60))
if [ "$ZSH_COMMAND_TIME" -le 60 ]; then
timer_show="$fg[green]${ZSH_COMMAND_TIME}s $fg[default]"
elif [ "$ZSH_COMMAND_TIME" -gt 60 ] && [ "$ZSH_COMMAND_TIME" -le 180 ]; then
timer_show="$fg[yellow]${min}m ${sec}s $fg[default]"
else
if [ "$hours" -gt 0 ]; then
min=$(($min%60))
timer_show="$fg[red]${hours}h ${min}m ${sec}s $fg[default]"
else
timer_show="$fg[red]${min}m ${sec}s"
fi
fi
printf "\n[ ${ZSH_COMMAND_TIME_MSG}\n" "$timer_show]"
fi
}
To prevent too much clutter in the main configuration file I added the above part to a file called ~/.zsh/functions.zsh. If you wish to do the same thing, don’t forget to source the file in your ~/.zshrc configuration file as well:
source "$HOME/.zsh/functions.zsh"
Source your configuration with $ source ~/.zshrc (or just restart the terminal emulator) when you’re done for the changes to take effect.