time(1) — bsd

TIME(1)                              BSD                               TIME(1)



NAME
     time - time a command

SYNOPSIS
     time command

DESCRIPTION
     If you specify time with a particular command, the given command is
     executed. After it is complete, time prints the elapsed time during the
     command, the time spent in the system, and the time spent executing the
     command.  Times are reported in seconds, and are printed on the
     diagnostic output stream.

     time is built in to csh(1), using a different output format.  This
     command is available as /bin/time to csh users.

BUGS
     Elapsed time is accurate to the second, while the CPU times are measured
     to the 250th second.  Thus, the sum of the CPU times can be up to a
     second larger than the elapsed time.

     time is a built-in command to csh(1), with a very different syntax.
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