Processes Execution Time (time)
Less than 1 minuteBuiltin CommandsDefined by POSIXProcess Management
Processes Execution Time (time)
Returns the execution run time of a command or block
Description
time is an optional builtin which runs a command or block of code and returns it's running time.
Usage
time command parameters -> <stderr>
time { code-block } -> <stderr>
Examples
Time a command
» time sleep 5
5.000151513
Time a block of code
» time { out "Going to sleep"; sleep 5; out "Waking up" }
Going to sleep
Waking up
5.000240977
Detail
time's output is written to stderr. However any output and errors written by the commands executed by time will also be written to time's stdout and stderr as usual.
See Also
- Execute External Command (
exec): Runs an executable - Include / Evaluate Murex Code (
source): Import Murex code from another file or code block sleep: Suspends the shell for a number of seconds
This document was generated from builtins/core/time/time_doc.yaml.