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time — Measure how long a command took to run. Note: `time` can either exist as a shell builtin, a standalo

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Problem

How to use the time command: Measure how long a command took to run. Note: time can either exist as a shell builtin, a standalone program, or both. See also: times. More information: <https://manned.org/time>.

Solution

time — Measure how long a command took to run. Note: time can either exist as a shell builtin, a standalone program, or both. See also: times. More information: <https://manned.org/time>.

Run the command and print the time measurements to stdout:

time {{command}}

Create a very simple stopwatch (only works in Bash):

time read

Code Snippets

Run the `command` and print the time measurements to `stdout`

time {{command}}

Create a very simple stopwatch (only works in Bash)

time read

Context

tldr-pages: common/time

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