diff --git a/bin/timer b/bin/timer
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/timer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../reporting/timer
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diff --git a/reporting/timer b/reporting/timer
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+++ b/reporting/timer
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function displaytime {
+  local T=$1
+  local D=$((T/60/60/24))
+  local H=$((T/60/60%24))
+  local M=$((T/60%60))
+  local S=$((T%60))
+  printf '\r%s[' $PREFIX
+  (( $D > 0 )) && printf '%dd ' $D
+  (( $T > 3599 )) && printf '%02d:' $H
+  printf '%02d:%02d]%s\r' $M $S $POSTFIX
+}
+
+while true; do
+  displaytime "$SECONDS" >&2
+  sleep 1
+done