HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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time(1) time(1)
NAME
time - time a command
SYNOPSIS
time command
XPG4 only
time [-p] utility [argument ...]
DESCRIPTION
command is executed. Upon completion, time prints the elapsed time during the command, the time
spent in the system, and the time spent executing the command. Times are reported in seconds.
Execution time can depend on the performance of the memory in which the program is running.
The times are printed on standard error.
Note that the shell also has a keyword time that times an entire pipeline if used anywhere in the pipe-
line, unlike time(1) command which times a particular command if used in a pipeline.
Options
time recognizes the following option:
-p (XPG4 only.) Writes the timing statistics to standard error.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), timex(1), times(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
time: SVID2, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 − 1 − Section 1−−933
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