interval-timer.pl


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#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Time::HiRes qw(sleep time gettimeofday);
use POSIX qw(fmod);

my $interval = 1;

# enable autoflush
$| = 1;

while (1) {
	my ($time, $usec) = gettimeofday();
	# this also works, but fmod below is more readable
	#my $sleep_time = ($interval - ($time % $interval + 1)) + (1000_000 - $usec) / 1000_000;
	my $sleep_time = $interval - fmod(time(), $interval);
	printf "current time = %s (%s, %s), sleeping for %s\n", time(), $time, $usec, $sleep_time;
	my $slept = sleep($sleep_time);
	printf "new time = %s after sleeping for %s\n", time(), $slept;
	printf "%s\n", time();
}