Ubuntu
time package

Examples provided in man page don't work

Bug #94607 reported by Antoine Latter
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: time

Example:

$ cd / && time -f "%E real,%U user,%S sys" ls -Fs
bash: -f: command not found

real 0m0.001s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s

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William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

That's because time is a reserved word in bash (and probably other shells); it has its own implementation. Sticking /usr/bin/ in front of time should do the trick.

Changed in time:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Antoine Latter (aslatter) wrote :

Sorry for not being clear - I figured out how to do what I want. That doesn't fix the man page, though.

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