time(1)                             CLIX                             time(1)



  NAME

    time - Times a command

  SYNOPSIS

    time command

  DESCRIPTION

    The time command times out a command.  The command is executed; after it
    is complete, the time command displays the elapsed time during the
    command, the time spent in the system, and the time spent in execution of
    the command.  Times are reported in seconds.

    The times are displayed on stderr.

  EXAMPLES

    The following example shows the result of timing a ps (ps -e) command:

    $ time ps -e


    real  0m2.15s
    user  0m0.01s
    sys   0m0.31s


  EXIT VALUES

    Exit values are not valid.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Functions: times(2)


















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