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Time the running time of a block.

Signature

> timeit {flags} (command)

Parameters

• command: The command or block to run.

Input/output types:

input	output
any	duration
nothing	duration

Examples

Times a command within a closure

> timeit { sleep 500ms }

Times a command using an existing input

> http get https://www.nushell.sh/book/ | timeit { split chars }

Times a command invocation

> timeit ls -la