Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:28:02 -0800 (PST) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Carl Morley <bsdmn@webize.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: time -h option not working? Message-ID: <20030403192440.I26227-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net> In-Reply-To: <006001c2fa52$ec77ed60$0a64a8c0@webizepc>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Carl Morley wrote: > Hi, > 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 > > What am I doing wrong? Nothing. The shell that you are using is calling a time builtin that doesn't support the flag for the standard BSD utility. Try: \time -h whatever or /usr/bin/time -h whatever and it should work fine. Cheers, Viktor
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