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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.