From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 3 18:43:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57EB637B401 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 18:43:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.visp.com.au (gw.visp.com.au [202.6.158.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE2243F93 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 18:43:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from spyderweb.com.au (spyderweb.visp.com.au [202.6.158.151]) by gw.visp.com.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id h342oOUL083442 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:20:25 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:13:05 +0930 From: Tim Aslat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030404121305.46ebbbf0.tim@spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: <006001c2fa52$ec77ed60$0a64a8c0@webizepc> References: <006001c2fa52$ec77ed60$0a64a8c0@webizepc> Organization: Spyderweb Consulting X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: time -h option not working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 02:43:16 -0000 In the immortal words of "Carl Morley" ... > I just tried to use the time command to time a process, but with the > -h(human readable) output option: > > Eg. time -h ping -c 5 some_ip_address > > But I get back: > -h: Command not found. > 0.000u 0.000s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w > type which time and you will probably find that it's an internal command to tcsh and the -h switch doesn't work except fr the actual base system command -- | The most exciting phrase to | Tim Aslat | | hear in science, the one that | http://www.spyderweb.com.au | | heralds new discoveries, is | Spyderweb Consulting | | not "Eureka!" (I found it!) | P: 82270800 M: 0401088479 | | but "That's funny ..." | Webmaster for | | -- Isaac Asimov | http://www.goodiesruleok.com | | No, "Eureka" is Greek for | The Ultimate Goody Fansite | | "This bath is too hot! | admin@goodiesruleok.com | | -- Dr Who | |