time Command time
Time the execution of a command
time [command]
time invokes the given command with any arguments provided. Upon
termination, time prints the elapsed real time, CPU time in the
system, and CPU time in the user program on the standard error
output.
If no command is given, time simply invokes date to print the
current time of day.
***** See Also *****
commands, date, prof, ps, times
***** Diagnostics *****
If the command terminates abnormally, the reason is printed.
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