#!c:/perl/bin/perl -w use strict; use POSIX qw(strftime); my $x; my $maxint = 200000; my $start = strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime; for ($x=0; $x <$maxint;$x++) { printf "%x%x%x",ord('a'),ord('b'),ord('c'); } my $finish = strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime; print "$start $finish";