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The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
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or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
times
--- write process times
SYNOPSIS
times
DESCRIPTION
The
times
utility shall write the accumulated user and system times for the shell
and for all of its child processes, in the following POSIX locale
format:
-
"%dm%fs %dm%fs\n%dm%fs %dm%fs\n", <shell user minutes>,
<shell user seconds>, <shell system minutes>,
<shell system seconds>, <children user minutes>,
<children user seconds>, <children system minutes>,
<children system seconds>
The four pairs of times shall correspond to the members of the
<sys/times.h>
tms
structure (defined in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008,
Chapter 13,
Headers)
as returned by
times():
tms_utime,
tms_stime,
tms_cutime,
and
tms_cstime,
respectively.
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
None.
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
See the DESCRIPTION.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
Zero.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
EXAMPLES
$ times
0m0.43s 0m1.11s
8m44.18s 1m43.23s
RATIONALE
The
times
special built-in from the Single UNIX Specification is now required
for all conforming shells.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Section 2.14,
Special Built-In Utilities
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008,
<sys_times.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.unix.org/online.html .
Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
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to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
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Index
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- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- OPERANDS
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- STDIN
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- INPUT FILES
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- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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- ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
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- STDOUT
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- STDERR
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- OUTPUT FILES
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- EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
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- EXIT STATUS
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- CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
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- APPLICATION USAGE
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- EXAMPLES
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- RATIONALE
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- FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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- COPYRIGHT
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