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+.TH TIME 1 2020-11-17 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
+.SH NAME
+time \(em time a simple command
+.SH SYNOPSYS
+\fBtime\fR [-p] command [\fIargument\fR...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Invoke \fIcommand\fR and output timing statistics.
+.SH OPTIONS
+The following options are supported:
+.TP
+.B -p
+Use portable format.
+.TP
+.B --help
+Display help information.
+.TP
+.B --version
+Display version information.
+.SH OPERANDS
+The following operands are supported:
+.TP
+.I command
+A command to invoke.
+.TP
+.I argument
+An argument to pass to \fIcommand\fR.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+Upon successful completion, the exit status of \fItime\fR will be the exit
+status of \fIcommand\fR. Otherwise, the following exit values will be returned:
+.TP
+1-125
+An error occurred.
+.TP
+\ \ 126
+\fIcommand\fR was found but could not be invoked.
+.TP
+\ \ 127
+\fIcommand\fR was not found.
+.SH STANDARDS
+This utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2017 (POSIX) specification.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.nf
+Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
+All rights reserved.
+OMKOV Permissive Licence (https://www.omkov.net/OLPE)
+.fi