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Nicolas :eisfunke_logo:

@Cykelero didn't want to believe you, so I tried it and now I'm staring at my screen in disbelief

#!/usr/bin/env bash

SECONDS=3

for i in $(seq 1 10); do
    echo $SECONDS
    sleep 1
done

yields

$ ./ohno.sh
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25 July at 19:24 | Wall-to-wall | Open on inductive.space
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Thang Do

@eisfunke @Cykelero

Imagine the debugging madness this ensues

25 July at 22:52 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Steven Reed

@eisfunke @Cykelero one of the few pleasures of getting old is watching people significantly younger than me being weirded out by this sort of thing for the first time :)

26 July at 10:19 | Open on mas.to
Otte Homan - R.I.P. Geordie
Björn Gohla
Heals :heart_nb: (comms open)

@eisfunke @Cykelero @jakehamilton the actual use of the variable is to count the number of seconds since the bash instance was started - you don't have to assign anything to it but assigning a value resets it to that value (and it normally only works with the uppercase SECONDS).

Bash also offers $RANDOM (you can guess what it does) as well as $EPOCHSECONDS and $EPOCHREALTIME for the more exotic ones.

And.. many more (gnu.org/software/bash/manual/b)

26 July at 11:10 | Open on indiepocalypse.social
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