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+quickbench changes:
+
+1.0 (pending)
+
+- extract tools/simplebench from the hledger repo
+
+- stop using error, make safe for reuse
+
+- more robust command execution, signal handling, output, error reporting
+
+- switch to docopt, options must precede args for now
+
+- new UI: full commands are specified by arguments/file/stdin,
+  alternate executables can be specified with -w, flags cleanup
+
+- default file for test commands is ./bench.sh
+
+- -N/--cycles repeats the whole test suite
+
+- man page
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+# quickbench 1.0
+
+Quick & easy benchmarking of command-line programs.
+
+  [About](#about)
+| [Examples](#examples) 
+| [Usage](#usage)
+| [Related](#related-work)
+
+
+## About
+
+quickbench is an update and repackaging of a little benchmarking tool I've been 
+using in the hledger project since 2008.
+Use it like a more powerful "time" command for measuring the time taken by command-line programs,
+or for creating repeatable benchmark scripts for your projects.
+
+quickbench produces very simple output (elapsed seconds),
+as quickly as possible (running commands just once by default),
+and tabulates results from multiple executables.
+I find it very useful for quick and dirty, exploratory, and comparative measurements
+that you can understand at a glance.
+
+## Examples
+
+Install it easily on most platforms with [stack](https://haskell-lang.org/get-started) (or cabal). 
+It's not yet on Hackage, so you'll need the source:
+
+```
+$ git clone https://github.com/simonmichael/quickbench
+$ cd quickbench
+$ stack install   # ensure $PATH includes ~/.local/bin
+```
+
+You can specify test commands as arguments:
+```
+$ quickbench 'sleep 1'
+Running 1 tests 1 times at 2016-10-16 23:06:48.058578 UTC:
+
+Best times:
++---------++------+
+|         ||      |
++=========++======+
+| sleep 1 || 1.01 |
++---------++------+
+```
+
+or put them in a file and use `-f FILE`. 
+A file named `bench.sh` in the current directory will be used automatically:
+```
+$ echo 'echo 3 * 1000000' > bench.sh
+$ quickbench
+Running 1 tests 1 times at 2016-10-16 23:53:04.743899 UTC:
+
+Best times:
++------------------++------+
+|                  ||      |
++==================++======+
+| echo 3 * 1000000 || 0.00 |
++------------------++------+
+```
+
+You can compare results with different executables:
+```
+$ quickbench -w echo,expr -p5
+Running 1 tests 1 times with 2 executables at 2016-10-16 23:56:40.808703 UTC:
+
+Best times:
++-------------++---------+---------+
+|             ||    echo |    expr |
++=============++=========+=========+
+| 3 * 1000000 || 0.00229 | 0.00195 |
++-------------++---------+---------+
+```
+
+and run tests repeatedly to reduce or observe jitter. 
+quickbench assumes the quickest measurement is the truest one:
+```
+$ quickbench -w echo,expr -p5 -n100 -N2
+Running 1 tests 100 times with 2 executables at 2016-10-16 23:57:34.387764 UTC:
+
+Best times 1:
++-------------++---------+---------+
+|             ||    echo |    expr |
++=============++=========+=========+
+| 3 * 1000000 || 0.00112 | 0.00135 |
++-------------++---------+---------+
+
+Best times 2:
++-------------++---------+---------+
+|             ||    echo |    expr |
++=============++=========+=========+
+| 3 * 1000000 || 0.00111 | 0.00136 |
++-------------++---------+---------+
+```
+
+You can turn a shell script into a benchmark suite by adding a shebang line:  
+```
+$ cat 410-run-time.sh
+#!/usr/bin/env quickbench -v -p2 -n2 -w hledger-410-before,hledger-410-8bde75c -f
+hledger -f 10000x1000x10.journal print
+hledger -f 10000x1000x10.journal register
+hledger -f 10000x1000x10.journal balance
+
+$ ./410-run-time.sh
+Running 3 tests 2 times with 2 executables at 2016-10-16 23:42:57.349721 UTC:
+1: hledger-410-before -f 10000x1000x10.journal print
+        [3.14s]
+2: hledger-410-before -f 10000x1000x10.journal print
+        [2.90s]
+1: hledger-410-8bde75c -f 10000x1000x10.journal print
+        [3.13s]
+2: hledger-410-8bde75c -f 10000x1000x10.journal print
+        [2.92s]
+1: hledger-410-before -f 10000x1000x10.journal register
+        [3.52s]
+2: hledger-410-before -f 10000x1000x10.journal register
+        [3.52s]
+1: hledger-410-8bde75c -f 10000x1000x10.journal register
+        [3.51s]
+2: hledger-410-8bde75c -f 10000x1000x10.journal register
+        [3.66s]
+1: hledger-410-before -f 10000x1000x10.journal balance
+        [3.38s]
+2: hledger-410-before -f 10000x1000x10.journal balance
+        [1.93s]
+1: hledger-410-8bde75c -f 10000x1000x10.journal balance
+        [1.93s]
+2: hledger-410-8bde75c -f 10000x1000x10.journal balance
+        [1.80s]
+
+Best times:
++-----------------------------------++--------------------+---------------------+
+|                                   || hledger-410-before | hledger-410-8bde75c |
++===================================++====================+=====================+
+| -f 10000x1000x10.journal print    ||               2.90 |                2.92 |
+| -f 10000x1000x10.journal register ||               3.52 |                3.51 |
+| -f 10000x1000x10.journal balance  ||               1.93 |                1.80 |
++-----------------------------------++--------------------+---------------------+
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+$ quickbench -h
+quickbench 1.0
+Run some test commands, possibly with different executables, once or more
+and show their best execution times.
+Commands are specified as one or more quote-enclosed arguments,
+and/or one per line in CMDSFILE; or read from a default file [./bench.sh].
+With -w, commands' first words are replaced with a new executable
+(or multiple comma-separated executables, showing times for all).
+Note: tests executable files only, not shell builtins; options must precede args.
+
+Usage:
+  quickbench [options] [<cmd>...]
+
+Options:
+  -f, --file CMDSFILE   file containing commands, one per line (- for stdin)
+  -w, --with EXE[,...]  replace first word of commands with these executables
+  -n, --iterations=N    run each test this many times [default: 1]
+  -N, --cycles=N        run the whole suite this many times [default: 1]
+  -p, --precision=N     show times with this many decimal places [default: 2]
+  -v, --verbose         show commands being run
+  -V, --more-verbose    show command output
+      --debug           show debug output for this program
+  -h, --help            show this help
+```
+
+## Related
+
+[bench](https://github.com/Gabriel439/bench#readme) (Gabriel Gonzalez 2016) is another 
+command line benchmarking tool written in Haskell.
+Use that one if you need detailed statistical analysis and output, or HTML reports. 
+Here is bench's output for the echo/expr example above: 
+```
+$ bench 'echo 3 * 1000000'; bench 'expr 3 \* 1000000'
+benchmarking echo 3 * 1000000
+time                 2.215 ms   (2.173 ms .. 2.250 ms)
+                     0.995 R²   (0.989 R² .. 0.998 R²)
+mean                 2.238 ms   (2.203 ms .. 2.296 ms)
+std dev              147.6 μs   (92.84 μs .. 265.3 μs)
+variance introduced by outliers: 48% (moderately inflated)
+
+benchmarking expr 3 \* 1000000
+time                 3.484 ms   (3.405 ms .. 3.556 ms)
+                     0.994 R²   (0.987 R² .. 0.998 R²)
+mean                 3.564 ms   (3.497 ms .. 3.684 ms)
+std dev              280.3 μs   (178.0 μs .. 494.9 μs)
+variance introduced by outliers: 52% (severely inflated)
+```
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Main where
+
+import System.Exit
+import QuickBench (defaultMain)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMain >>= maybe exitSuccess die
diff --git a/quickbench.1 b/quickbench.1
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickbench.1
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 1.17.1
+.\"
+.TH "quickbench" "1" "Oct 2016" "quickbench 1.0" ""
+.hy
+.SH NAME
+.PP
+quickbench \- quick & easy benchmarking of command\-line programs
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.PP
+\f[C]quickbench\ [options]\ [<cmd>...]\f[]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+quickbench runs some test commands, possibly with different executables,
+once or more and shows their best execution times in tabular format.
+.PP
+It produces very simple output (elapsed seconds), as quickly as possible
+(running commands just once by default), and tabulates results from
+multiple executables.
+I find it useful for quick and dirty, exploratory, and comparative
+.PD 0
+.P
+.PD
+measurements that you (and others) can understand at a glance.
+.PP
+Commands are specified as one or more quote\-enclosed arguments, and/or
+one per line in CMDSFILE; or read from a default file [./bench.sh].
+.PP
+With \-w, commands\[aq] first words are replaced with a new executable
+(or multiple comma\-separated executables, showing times for all).
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-f,\ \-\-file\ CMDSFILE\f[]
+file containing commands, one per line (\- for stdin)
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-w,\ \-\-with\ EXE[,...]\f[]
+replace first word of commands with these executables
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-n,\ \-\-iterations=N\f[]
+run each test this many times [default: 1]
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-N,\ \-\-cycles=N\f[]
+run the whole suite this many times [default: 1]
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-p,\ \-\-precision=N\f[]
+show times with this many decimal places [default: 2]
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-v,\ \-\-verbose\f[]
+show commands being run
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-V,\ \-\-more\-verbose\f[]
+show command output
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-\-debug\f[]
+show debug output for this program
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-h,\ \-\-help\f[]
+show this help
+.RS
+.RE
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+$\ quickbench\ \[aq]sleep\ 1\[aq]
+Running\ 1\ tests\ 1\ times\ at\ 2016\-10\-16\ 23:06:48.058578\ UTC:
+
+Best\ times:
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-++\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ||\ \ \ \ \ \ |
++=========++======+
+|\ sleep\ 1\ ||\ 1.01\ |
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-++\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+\f[]
+.fi
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+$\ echo\ \[aq]echo\ 3\ *\ 1000000\[aq]\ >\ bench.sh
+$\ quickbench\ \-w\ echo,expr\ \-p5\ \-n100\ \-N2
+Running\ 1\ tests\ 100\ times\ with\ 2\ executables\ at\ 2016\-10\-16\ 23:57:34.387764\ UTC:
+
+Best\ times\ 1:
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ||\ \ \ \ echo\ |\ \ \ \ expr\ |
++=============++=========+=========+
+|\ 3\ *\ 1000000\ ||\ 0.00112\ |\ 0.00135\ |
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+
+Best\ times\ 2:
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ||\ \ \ \ echo\ |\ \ \ \ expr\ |
++=============++=========+=========+
+|\ 3\ *\ 1000000\ ||\ 0.00111\ |\ 0.00136\ |
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+\f[]
+.fi
+.SH FILES
+.PP
+quickbench looks for tests in \f[C]\&./bench.sh\f[] if no command
+arguments or \f[C]\-\-file\f[] option are provided.
+.SH LIMITATIONS
+.PP
+quickbench tests executable files on disk only, not shell builtins or
+aliases.
+.PP
+Options must precede arguments on the command line.
+.PP
+\f[C]\-V\f[] will become \f[C]\-vv\f[] when implementing that becomes
+easier.
+.SH BUG REPORTS
+.PP
+https://github.com/simonmichael/quickbench/issues
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.PP
+Home page: https://github.com/simonmichael/quickbench
+.PP
+bench(1): https://github.com/Gabriel439/bench
+.PP
+time(1)
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.PP
+Copyright (C) 2008\-2016 Simon Michael.
+Released under GNU GPL v3+
+.SH AUTHORS
+Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>.
diff --git a/quickbench.cabal b/quickbench.cabal
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickbench.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name:                quickbench
+version:             1.0
+synopsis:            quick & easy benchmarking of command-line programs
+description:
+  quickbench produces very simple output (elapsed seconds),
+  as quickly as possible (running commands just once by default),
+  and tabulates results from multiple executables.
+  I find it very useful for quick and dirty, exploratory, and comparative measurements
+  that you can understand at a glance.
+  Please see the readme for more.
+homepage:            https://github.com/simonmichael/quickbench#readme
+license:             GPL
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Simon Michael
+maintainer:          simon@joyful.com
+copyright:           Copyright: (c) 2008-2016 Simon Michael
+category:            Development
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+tested-with:         GHC==8.0
+
+extra-source-files:
+  README.md
+  CHANGES
+  stack.yaml
+  quickbench.1
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     QuickBench
+  build-depends:
+     base >= 4.7 && < 5
+    ,containers
+    ,directory
+    ,docopt >= 0.7.0.4
+    ,pretty-show
+    ,process
+    ,safe
+    ,split
+    ,tabular
+    ,time
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+
+executable quickbench
+  hs-source-dirs:      app
+  main-is:             Main.hs
+  build-depends:
+     quickbench == 1.0
+    ,base
+    ,process
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+
+test-suite quickbench-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , quickbench
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/simonmichael/quickbench
diff --git a/src/QuickBench.hs b/src/QuickBench.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QuickBench.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, QuasiQuotes #-}
+
+module QuickBench (
+  defaultMain
+)
+where
+
+import Control.Exception
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.List
+import Data.List.Split (splitOn)
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.Time.Clock
+import Data.Time.Format
+import Data.Time.LocalTime
+import Safe
+import System.Console.Docopt
+import System.Directory
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+import System.Process
+import Text.Show.Pretty
+import Text.Printf
+import Text.Tabular
+import qualified Text.Tabular.AsciiArt as TA
+
+---------------------------------------80----------------------------------------
+docoptpatterns :: Docopt
+docoptpatterns = [docopt|quickbench 1.0
+Run some test commands, possibly with different executables, once or more
+and show their best execution times.
+Commands are specified as one or more quote-enclosed arguments,
+and/or one per line in CMDSFILE; or read from a default file [./bench.sh].
+With -w, commands' first words are replaced with a new executable
+(or multiple comma-separated executables, showing times for all).
+Note: tests executable files only, not shell builtins; options must precede args.
+
+Usage:
+  quickbench [options] [<cmd>...]
+
+Options:
+  -f, --file CMDSFILE   file containing commands, one per line (- for stdin)
+  -w, --with EXE[,...]  replace first word of commands with these executables
+  -n, --iterations=N    run each test this many times [default: 1]
+  -N, --cycles=N        run the whole suite this many times [default: 1]
+  -p, --precision=N     show times with this many decimal places [default: 2]
+  -v, --verbose         show commands being run
+  -V, --more-verbose    show command output
+      --debug           show debug output for this program
+  -h, --help            show this help
+|]
+-- CLI help. When changing this, remember to sync:
+-- quickbench.cabal
+-- README.md
+-- quickbench.1.md
+-- unknown option checking below
+-- Just assumptions below, if changing [default] annotations.
+-- Try to avoid writing the same thing different ways in all of these places.
+
+defaultFile :: FilePath
+defaultFile = "bench.sh"
+
+data Opts = Opts {
+   file        :: Maybe FilePath
+  ,executables :: [String]
+  ,iterations  :: Int
+  ,cycles      :: Int
+  ,precision   :: Int
+  ,verbose     :: Bool
+  ,moreVerbose :: Bool
+  ,debug       :: Bool
+  ,help        :: Bool
+  ,clicmds     :: [String]
+} deriving (Show)
+
+getOpts :: IO Opts
+getOpts = do
+  dopts <- parseArgsOrExit docoptpatterns =<< getArgs
+  let
+    flag f   = dopts `isPresent` longOption f
+    option f = dopts `getArg` longOption f
+    readint s =
+      case readMay s of
+        Just a  -> return a
+        Nothing -> fail $ "could not read " ++ show s ++ " as an integer"
+    (lateflags,args) = partition ("-" `isPrefixOf`) $ dopts `getAllArgs` (argument "cmd")
+  iterations' <- readint $ fromJust $ option "iterations" -- fromJust safe because of [default:] above
+  cycles'     <- readint $ fromJust $ option "cycles"
+  precision'  <- readint $ fromJust $ option "precision"
+  let
+    opts = Opts {
+       file        = option "file"
+      ,executables = maybe [] (splitOn ",") $ option "with"
+      ,iterations  = iterations'
+      ,cycles      = cycles'
+      ,precision   = precision'
+      ,verbose     = flag "verbose"
+      ,moreVerbose = flag "more-verbose"
+      ,debug       = flag "debug"
+      ,help        = flag "help"
+      ,clicmds     = args
+      }
+  when (debug opts || "--debug" `elem` lateflags) $ do
+    err $ "docopts: " ++ ppShow dopts ++ "\n" ++ ppShow opts ++ "\n"
+  when (help opts) $ putStrLn (usage docoptpatterns) >> exitSuccess
+  -- try to report some errors docopts misses
+  case (lateflags, args) of
+    -- unknown option
+    -- quickbench a -fk       user error (unknown option: "fk")
+    -- (f:_,[]) | not $ elem f [
+    --    "file","f"
+    --   ,"with","w"
+    --   ,"iterations","n"
+    --   ,"cycles","N"
+    --   ,"precision","p"
+    --   ,"verbose","v"
+    --   ,"more-verbose","V"
+    --   ] -> fail $ printf "unknown option: %s" (show f)
+    -- option value missing
+    (f:_,[]) -> fail $ printf "option %s needs a value or is unknown" (show f)
+    -- option following arguments
+    (f:_,a:_) -> fail $ printf "option %s should appear before argument %s or is unknown" (show f) (show a)
+    _ -> return ()
+  return opts
+
+-- | Run the quickbench program, returning an error message if there was a problem.
+defaultMain :: IO (Maybe String)
+defaultMain =
+  (runSuite >> return Nothing)
+    `catch` \(e :: SomeException) -> return $
+      if fromException e == Just ExitSuccess
+      then Nothing
+      else Just $ show e
+  where
+    runSuite = do
+      opts <- getOpts
+      filecmds <-
+        (filter istest . lines) <$>
+        (case (file opts, clicmds opts) of
+          (Just "-", _) -> getContents
+          (Just f, _)   -> readFile f
+          (Nothing, []) -> doesFileExist defaultFile >>=
+            \yes -> if yes then readFile defaultFile else return ""
+          (Nothing, _)  -> return [])
+      let cmds = filecmds ++ clicmds opts
+      when (null cmds) $ do
+        out opts "No test commands found; provide some as arguments, with -f, or in ./bench.sh\n"
+        exitSuccess
+      now <- getCurrentZonedTime
+      out opts $ printf "Running %d tests %d times%s at %s:\n"
+        (length cmds)
+        (iterations opts)
+        (case executables opts of
+          [] -> ""
+          es -> printf " with %d executables" (length es))
+        (formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%Y-%m-%d %T %Z" now)
+      let
+        exes = case executables opts of
+          [] -> [""]
+          es -> es
+      hSetBuffering stdout NoBuffering
+      forM_ [1..cycles opts] $ \cyc -> do
+        results <- mapM (runTestWithExes opts exes) cmds
+        printSummary opts cmds exes cyc results
+
+getCurrentZonedTime :: IO ZonedTime
+getCurrentZonedTime = do
+  t <- getCurrentTime
+  tz <- getCurrentTimeZone
+  return $ utcToZonedTime tz t
+
+runTestWithExes :: Opts -> [String] -> String -> IO [[Float]]
+runTestWithExes opts exes cmd = mapM (runTestWithExe opts cmd) exes
+
+runTestWithExe :: Opts -> String -> String -> IO [Float]
+runTestWithExe opts cmd exe = mapM (runTestOnce opts cmd exe) [1..iterations opts]
+
+runTestOnce :: Opts -> String -> String -> Int -> IO Float
+runTestOnce opts cmd exe iteration = do
+  let (cmd',exe',args) = replaceExecutable exe cmd
+  dbg opts $ printf "replaceExecutable: %s -> %s\n" (show (cmd,exe)) (show (cmd',exe',args))
+  outv opts (show iteration ++ ": " ++ cmd' ++ "\n")
+  t <- time opts exe' args
+  outv opts $ printf "\t[%ss]\n" (showtime opts t)
+  return t
+
+-- | Replace a command's first word with the specified executable.
+-- If the executable is empty, the command remains unchanged.
+-- If the command is empty, the executable becomes the command.
+-- Return the new command string, executable, and arguments.
+replaceExecutable :: String -> String -> (String,String,[String])
+replaceExecutable exe ""  = (exe, exe, [])
+replaceExecutable ""  cmd = (cmd, w, ws) where w:ws = words $ clean cmd
+replaceExecutable exe cmd = (unwords (exe:args), exe, args) where args = drop 1 $ words $ clean cmd
+  -- XXX might display wrong quoting here
+
+time :: Opts -> String -> [String] -> IO Float
+time opts exe args = do
+  t1 <- getCurrentTime
+  (c, o, e) <- readProcessWithExitCode' exe args ""
+  t2 <- getCurrentTime
+  when (not $ null o) $ outvv opts $ (if verbose opts then "\n" else "") ++ o
+  unless (c == ExitSuccess) $ out opts $ " (error: " ++ clean e ++ ") "
+  return $ realToFrac $ diffUTCTime t2 t1
+
+-- ^ This variant also returns a failure when the executable is missing.
+readProcessWithExitCode' :: FilePath -> [String] -> String -> IO (ExitCode, String, String)
+readProcessWithExitCode' exe args inp =
+  readProcessWithExitCode exe args inp
+    `catch` \(e :: IOException) -> return (ExitFailure 1, "", show e)
+
+printSummary :: Opts -> [String] -> [String] -> Int -> [[[Float]]] -> IO ()
+printSummary opts cmds exes cyc results = do
+  out opts $ printf "\nBest times%s:\n" (if cycles opts > 1 then " "++show cyc else "")
+  let t = maketable opts cmds' exes results
+  out opts $ TA.render id id id t
+  -- let outname = "benchresults"
+  -- writeFile (outname <.> "txt") $ TA.render id id id t
+  -- writeFile (outname <.> "html") $ renderHtml $ TH.css TH.defaultCss +++ TH.render stringToHtml stringToHtml stringToHtml t
+  where
+    cmds' =
+      case executables opts of
+        []  -> cmds
+        [e] -> [c | (c,_,_) <- map (replaceExecutable e) cmds]
+        _   -> map (unwords . drop 1 . words) cmds
+
+maketable :: Opts -> [String] -> [String] -> [[[Float]]] -> Table String String String
+maketable opts rownames colnames results = Table rowhdrs colhdrs rows
+ where
+  rowhdrs = Group NoLine $ map Header $ padright rownames
+  colhdrs = Group SingleLine $ map Header colnames
+  rows = map (map (showtime opts . minimum)) results
+  padright ss = map (printf (printf "%%-%ds" w)) ss
+      where w = maximum $ map length ss
+
+showtime :: Opts -> (Float -> String)
+showtime opts = printf $ "%." ++ show (precision opts) ++ "f"
+
+istest :: String -> Bool
+istest s = not (null s' || ("#" `isPrefixOf` s')) where s' = clean s
+
+clean :: String -> String
+clean = unwords . words
+
+out :: Opts -> String -> IO ()
+out _ = putStr
+
+outv :: Opts -> String -> IO ()
+outv opts s = when (verbose opts || moreVerbose opts) $ putStr s
+
+outvv :: Opts -> String -> IO ()
+outvv opts s = when (moreVerbose opts) $ putStr s
+
+err :: String -> IO ()
+err = hPutStr stderr
+
+dbg :: Opts -> String -> IO ()
+dbg opts s = when (debug opts) $ err s
+
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+resolver: lts-7.4
+
+packages:
+- '.'
+
+extra-deps: []
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+main :: IO ()
+main = return ()
