Linux Commands Reference - Complete Linux Command Guide
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time
Measure command execution time
Syntax
time COMMAND [ARG]...Common Options
-pPOSIX format output-o FILEOutput to file-aAppend to file (with -o)-f FORMATCustom output format-vVerbose outputCommon Examples
time ls -laMeasure ls execution time
time -p sleep 2POSIX format output
time -v find / -name "*.txt"Verbose output
time -o timing.txt makeWrite timing to file
/usr/bin/time -f "%e" sleep 1Output elapsed time only
time (make && make test)Measure combined commands
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