timex(1)                                                 timex(1)



     NAME
          timex - time a command; report process data and system
          activity

     SYNOPSIS
          timex [-o] [-p[fhkmrt]] [-s] command

     DESCRIPTION
          timex sends the given command to the shell for execution;
          timex then reports (in seconds) the elapsed time, user time,
          and system time spent in execution.  Optionally, timex may
          list or summarize process accounting data for the command
          and all its children, or report total system activity during
          the execution interval.

          The output of timex is written on the standard error output.

          Flag options are:

          -p   List process accounting records for command and all its
               children.  Suboptions f, h, k, m, r, and t modify the
               data items reported, as defined in acctcom(1).  timex
               always reports the number of blocks read or written and
               the number of characters transferred.

          -o   Report the total number of blocks read or written and
               total characters transferred by command and all its
               children.

          -s   Report total system activity (not just that due to
               command) that occurred during the execution interval of
               command.  timex reports all the data items listed in
               sar(1).

     EXAMPLE
               timex ps -el

          runs the ps command (with the correct flag options), then
          produces statistics concerning the command and system
          activity during the command to the standard error output.

     FILES
          /usr/bin/timex
          /usr/lib/sa/timex

     SEE ALSO
          acctcom(1), sar(1).

     WARNING
          Process records associated with command are selected from
          the accounting file /usr/adm/pacct by inference, since
          process genealogy is not available.  Background processes



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          having the same user-ID, terminal-ID, and execution time
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