# time - Time the execution of a script

## SYNOPSIS

time script ?count?

## DESCRIPTION

This command will call the Tcl interpreter count times to evaluate script (or once if count isn't specified). It will then return a string of the form

    503 microseconds per iteration

which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, in microseconds. Time is measured in elapsed time, not CPU time.

## KEYWORDS

script, time