Time This Syntax

timethis commandname

Where:

commandname: specifies the name of the command you want executed and timed.

You can also specify the arguments for the command. For example:

timethis net use x: \\server\share /user:billybob

runs net use x: \\server\share /user:billybob and report how long it took.

Quotation marks around the command are required when the command involves redirection via <, >, >>, or |, for example. Quotation marks ensure that the redirection is applied to the command being timed, rather than the timethis command itself. For example:

timethis "dir > dirlist.txt"