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time

time [option] command [arguments]

Execute a command with optional arguments and print the total elapsed time, execution time, process execution time, and system time of the process (all in seconds). Times are printed on standard error.

Option

This option is available only on Solaris:

-p

Print the real, user, and system times with a single space separating the title and the value, instead of a tab.


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