Jake McCrary
jakemccrary.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Jake McCrary is a software developer who writes about Clojure, testing, developer tooling, and distributed work.
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Izkata · 2021-03-17
I do that, if it's over 60 seconds - it's not as straightforward since you also need to use PROMPT_COMMAND, a debug trap, and a variable to store the start time: https://jakemccrary.com/blog/2015/05/03/put-the-last-commands-run-time…