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David Peter 0143c9ef2e Describe the Linux cache-clearing example accurately 2026-10-02 11:29:16 +02:00
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@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ hyperfine --warmup 3 'grep -R TODO *'
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Conversely, if you want to run the benchmark for a cold cache, you can use the `-p`/`--prepare`
option to run a special command before *each* timing run. For example, to clear harddisk caches
on Linux, you can run
option to run a special command before *each* timing run. For example, to clear Linux filesystem caches,
you can run
```sh
sync; echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
```
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ If you want to run a benchmark *without an intermediate shell*, you can use the
option. This is helpful for very fast commands (< 5 ms) where the shell startup overhead correction would
produce a significant amount of noise. Note that you cannot use shell syntax like `*` or `~` in this case.
```
hyperfine -N 'grep -R TODO /home/user'
hyperfine -N 'grep TODO /home/user'
```