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2. Synopsis
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1. Name

time [man page] - run programs and summarize system resource usage

2. Synopsis

time   [ -apqvV ] [ -f FORMAT ] [ -o FILE ]
       [ --append ] [ --verbose ] [ --quiet ] [ --portability ]
       [ --format=FORMAT ] [ --output=FILE ] [ --version ]
       [ --help ] COMMAND [ ARGS ]

3. Examples

Measure time for running program time itself:

$ time

Measure execution time of "find" command and redirect stderr to /dev/null:

$ time find / -name resolv.conf 2>/dev/null

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