Timing a command's execution in PowerShell

Question

Is there a simple way to time the execution of a command in PowerShell, like the \'time\' command in Linux?
I came up with this:

$s=Get-Date; .\\do_somet         


        

Answer 1

Here's a function I wrote which works similarly to the Unix time command:

function time {
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$command,
        [switch]$quiet = $false
    )
    $start = Get-Date
    try {
        if ( -not $quiet ) {
            iex $command | Write-Host
        } else {
            iex $command > $null
        }
    } finally {
        $(Get-Date) - $start
    }
}

Source: https://gist.github.com/bender-the-greatest/741f696d965ed9728dc6287bdd336874