The following is an example of the wpm.d script.


This script takes the name of a program to trace, and assumes that reads
on file descriptor zero (STDIN) are keystrokes.

When run, a 5 second count down begins before keystrokes are measured,

   # wpm.d vim
   Measuring will start in :  5 seconds

While running, I retyped the first three sentences of this file a few times
which clocked the following result,

   # wpm.d vim
   Measuring will start in :  0 seconds
   Measuring will stop in  :  0 seconds
   
   Characters typed : 509
   Words per minute : 84
   
   Minimum keystroke latency : 12 ms
   Average keystroke latency : 118 ms
   Maximum keystroke latency : 493 ms
   
   Word size distribution (letters),
   
              value  ------------- Distribution ------------- count
                  0 |                                         0
                  1 |@@@                                      6
                  2 |@@@@@                                    11
                  3 |@@@@@                                    11
                  4 |@@@@@@                                   13
                  5 |@@@@                                     8
                  6 |@@@@@@                                   12
                  7 |@@@@@                                    11
                  8 |                                         0
                  9 |@@                                       4
                 10 |@                                        3
                 11 |@                                        2
                 12 |                                         0
                 13 |                                         0
                 14 |                                         1
                 15 |                                         0
   
   Keystroke latency distribution (ms),
   
              value  ------------- Distribution ------------- count
                  4 |                                         0
                  8 |                                         1
                 16 |                                         5
                 32 |@@@@@                                    66
                 64 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@                     247
                128 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@                            167
                256 |@                                        16
                512 |                                         0