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About time
Used to time a simple command.
Note: If you are trying to display the time in
Unix / Linux or a variant use the date
command.
Syntax
time [-p] utility [argument]
| -p |
Write the timing output to standard error in the
following format:
real %f\nuser %f\nsys %f\n < real seconds>, <user seconds>,
<system seconds>
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| utility |
The name of the utility that is to be invoked. |
| argument |
Any string to be supplied as an argument when invoking utility. |
Related commands
csh
date
timex
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