| .Dd 2015-10-08 |
| .Dt TIME 1 |
| .Os sbase |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm time |
| .Nd time a command |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm |
| .Op Fl p |
| .Ar cmd |
| .Op Ar arg ... |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm |
| executes |
| .Ar cmd |
| and writes timing statistics to stderr after it finishes. |
| The statistics include the elapsed real time |
| between invocation and termination and the user |
| and system CPU time (see |
| .Xr times 2 ) . |
| .Sh OPTIONS |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Fl p |
| Use the format "real %f\enuser %f\ensys %f\en" for printing. |
| This is the default. |
| .El |
| .Sh EXIT STATUS |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It 0 |
| .Ar cmd |
| executed successfully. |
| .It 1 |
| Internal error. |
| .It 126 |
| .Ar cmd |
| was found but could not be executed. |
| .It 127 |
| .Ar cmd |
| could not be found. |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr times 2 , |
| .Xr waitpid 2 |
| .Sh STANDARDS |
| The |
| .Nm |
| utility is compliant with the |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 |
| specification. |