.TH TIME 1 2022-03-06 "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
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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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