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To: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu>
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Subject: Re: docs/38985: time doesn't recognize its command-line options 
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Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 17:02:32 +0100
From: Niall Brady <bradyn@maths.tcd.ie>
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On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 08:15:39 PDT, Chris Pepper said:
>
>time's man page says it provides various flags, including -h (human-readable) 
>and -p (POSIX-style), but these flags generate errors when used.

Sounds like you're using the shell built-in version of time...
try doing

	which time

to see which one you're using.  /usr/bin/time supports the flags
you mentioned!

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	Niall

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