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The different approaches don't all produce identical results. Side effects are noted on the side for your information. |
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|| '''Time''' || '''Code''' || || 0m1.153s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do ((j++)); done}}} || || 0m1.381s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$((j+1)); done}}} || || 0m1.498s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do let j++; done}}} || || 5m8.448s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$(expr $j + 1); done}}} || As though you didn't already have enough reason to dump `expr`. |
|| 0m1.153s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do ((j++)); done}}} || An empty value is considered 0. || || 0m1.381s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$((j+1)); done}}} || An empty value is considered 0. || || 0m1.498s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do let j++; done}}} || An empty value is considered 0. || || 0m1.726s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$(($j+1)); done}}} || An empty value may cause bugs. In this case, leads to the valid `((+1))`. || || 5m8.448s || {{{j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$(expr "$j" + 1); done}}} || An empty value will cause errors. || |
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|| '''Time''' || '''Code''' || || 0m1.538s || {{{printf -v i '%s ' {1..100000}; time { echo "$i" >/dev/null; } }}} || || 0m3.112s || {{{printf -v i '%s ' {1..100000}; time { echo $i >/dev/null; } }}} || |
|| 0m1.510s || {{{printf -v i '%s ' {1..1000000}; time { : "$i"; } }}} |||| || 0m2.828s || {{{printf -v i '%s ' {1..1000000}; time { : $i; } }}} || Words in `i` undergo word splitting and pathname expansion. || |
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Another good reason to always quote your expansions. | == Expanding Multiple Arguments == || 0m2.828s || {{{printf -v i '%s ' {1..1000000}; time { : $i; } }}} || Arguments can only be words, they also undergo (likely unwanted) pathname expansion. || || 0m6.885s || {{{i=( {1..1000000} ); time { : "${i[@]}"; } }}} |||| |
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|| '''Time''' || '''Code''' || || 0m1.099s || {{{time for i in {1..100000}; do [[ -d . ]]; done}}} || || 0m2.110s || {{{time for i in {1..100000}; do [ -d . ]; done}}} || || 3m47.509s || {{{time for i in {1..100000}; do /bin/test -d .; done}}} || `[[` isn't just more featureful, it's also twice as fast. |
|| 0m1.099s || {{{time for i in {1..100000}; do [[ -d . ]]; done}}} || A keyword. Special (convenient) parsing rules apply. || || 0m2.110s || {{{time for i in {1..100000}; do [ -d . ]; done}}} || A built-in. || || 3m47.509s || {{{time for i in {1..100000}; do /bin/test -d .; done}}} || An external process. || |
Some rough benchmarks
To compare different approaches to a problem with regards to performance, here's some rough benchmarks which may be system-dependent. Feel free to run each test yourself to see how your system fares.
Results are always sorted with the winners on top. All tests were repeated multiple times to make sure deviations did not exceed acceptable levels or cross result boundaries.
The different approaches don't all produce identical results. Side effects are noted on the side for your information.
Math
0m1.153s |
j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do ((j++)); done |
An empty value is considered 0. |
0m1.381s |
j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$((j+1)); done |
An empty value is considered 0. |
0m1.498s |
j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do let j++; done |
An empty value is considered 0. |
0m1.726s |
j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$(($j+1)); done |
An empty value may cause bugs. In this case, leads to the valid ((+1)). |
5m8.448s |
j=0; time for i in {1..100000}; do j=$(expr "$j" + 1); done |
An empty value will cause errors. |
Quoting
0m1.510s |
printf -v i '%s ' {1..1000000}; time { : "$i"; } |
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0m2.828s |
printf -v i '%s ' {1..1000000}; time { : $i; } |
Words in i undergo word splitting and pathname expansion. |
Expanding Multiple Arguments
0m2.828s |
printf -v i '%s ' {1..1000000}; time { : $i; } |
Arguments can only be words, they also undergo (likely unwanted) pathname expansion. |
0m6.885s |
i=( {1..1000000} ); time { : "${i[@]}"; } |
Testing
0m1.099s |
time for i in {1..100000}; do [[ -d . ]]; done |
A keyword. Special (convenient) parsing rules apply. |
0m2.110s |
time for i in {1..100000}; do [ -d . ]; done |
A built-in. |
3m47.509s |
time for i in {1..100000}; do /bin/test -d .; done |
An external process. |