(The linux equivalent of TimeThis.exe)Something like:timethis wget foo.comReceiving foo.com  ...wget foo.com took 3 seconds.
How do I time a specific command?
shell;time utility
Try just time instead of timethis.Although be aware that there's often a shell builtin version of time and a binary version, which will give results in different formats:$ time wget -q -O /dev/null https://unix.stackexchange.com/real    0m0.178suser    0m0.003ssys     0m0.005svs$ \time wget -q -O /dev/null https://unix.stackexchange.com/0.00user 0.00system 0:00.17elapsed 4%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k0inputs+0outputs (0major+613minor)pagefaults 0swapsUnlike your timethis program, you get three values back. That's broken down in What is system time when using time in command line, but in short: real means wall-clock time, while user and sys show CPU clock time, split between regular code and system calls.