#!/bin/bash SETUP="import sorting" LIST="$(python -c "import random;l = list(range(0, ${1-5000}));random.shuffle(l);print(l)")" echo -n "insertion sort: " python -m timeit -s "$SETUP" "sorting.insertion_sort($LIST)" echo -n "merge sort: " python -m timeit -s "$SETUP" "sorting.merge_sort($LIST)"