Measure the time a script in powershell will take to run

Question

Hello,

Could you tell me how can I check the estimated time a a script will take to run?
I have used this so far but it seems failing giving me a wrong estimated time.
After running a script it toke less time than the estimate time

Measure-Command -Expression{
powershell.exe "C:\Pathtoscript\Myscript.ps1"}

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Hi @Ed7 ,

you are actually using one of the recommended methods, maybe you are having some deltas in the data, hence the differences between the actual and measured execution time. Still there are two other way to check if the measurement you do is correct, Adma the Automator lists those here:

3 ways to measure your Powershell script's speed
https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/tutorials/measure-powershell-scripts-speed

I hope I could help ypou out. Regards,

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Regards,
Stoyan

Answer 2

Hi @SChalakov ,

Thank you for your response.

When I run the script this is what I get and its estimated time:

Then when it completes it does tell me how long it took

Not to mention that with this command it will use the full RAM available

Measure-Command -Expression{
powershell.exe "C:\Pathtoscript\Myscript.ps1"}

So something is not right

Answer 3

Hi,

Could it be be, because of the "&" in the name of the script? Can you please remove it and try again?
Did you also test the other options?

Regards,
Stoyan

Answer 4

HI,

Yes I have removed the "&" and it takes longer than usual to run the script. and still uses a lot of resources and takes a lot of time

I wonder if its because I am measureing the script I am running or not. But yesterday when I tried it did not behave as it is today

Answer 5

Well it seems that is not giving me the error but the estimate time is still not right. I changed the cmmand for Measure-Command {"C:\Pathtoscript\Myscript.ps1"}

Need to understant why is giving the wrong time.

And it took me