TIME(1)                              SysV                              TIME(1)



NAME
     time - time a command

SYNOPSIS
     time command

DESCRIPTION
     time is used to calculate the real, user, and system times elapsed while
     a command is executing. The specified command is executed by the shell.
     After execution is completed, time prints the following values:

          real   The time elapsed while executing the command.

          user   The number of CPU seconds spent in the program.

          sys    The number of CPU seconds spent in the operating system.

     Times are reported in .1 second units, and are printed on standard error.

WARNINGS
     This command is /bin/time. csh(1) and ksh(1) each have built-in time
     functions, with different output formats.

     Because real time is calculated in .1 second increments and CPU time is
     calculated in .004 second increments, the sum of the CPU times may be up
     to .1 second larger than the elapsed time.

SEE ALSO
     times(2) in the SysV Programmer's Reference.