[NTLUG:Discuss] time

[Fred James]

Chris Cox wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
>
>> I am looking at "time", that is  TIME(1), and I cannot seem to get it 
>> to accept options or formats.  Even "time --help" returns "bash: 
>> --help: command not found".  Any clues, hints, or insights, would be 
>> much appreciated.
>>
>
> Unless you are interested in seeing the time it takes
> for a command to execute, you are probably looking for the "date"
> command.
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That is exactly what I am interested in (the time it takes ... to 
execute).  I am trying to "master" all the possibilities of "time" so I 
can select whichever output seems best, but so far all I can get is the 
"default" output.  Another response suggested "su" (run as root user), 
but that isn't making any difference.