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1 .Dd October 8, 2015
2 .Dt TIME 1
3 .Os sbase
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm time
6 .Nd time a command
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl p
10 .Ar cmd
11 .Op Ar arg ...
12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
13 .Nm
14 executes
15 .Ar cmd
16 and writes timing statistics to stderr after it finishes.
17 The statistics include the elapsed real time
18 between invocation and termination and the user
19 and system CPU time (see
20 .Xr times 2 ) .
21 .Sh OPTIONS
22 .Bl -tag -width Ds
23 .It Fl p
24 Use the format "real %f\enuser %f\ensys %f\en" for printing.
25 This is the default.
26 .El
27 .Sh EXIT STATUS
28 .Bl -tag -width Ds
29 .It 0
30 .Ar cmd
31 executed successfully.
32 .It 1
33 Internal error.
34 .It 126
35 .Ar cmd
36 was found but could not be executed.
37 .It 127
38 .Ar cmd
39 could not be found.
40 .El
41 .Sh SEE ALSO
42 .Xr times 2 ,
43 .Xr waitpid 2
44 .Sh STANDARDS
45 POSIX.1-2013.