Hi, it is actually built-in time that you run:
help time if you want to run time from /usr/bin: /usr/bin/time cheers, pg On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:01 PM, <b...@m8y.org> wrote: > $ time; > > real 0m0.000s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.000s > $ time;ls > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `ls' > $ /usr/bin/time;/bin/ls Usage: /usr/bin/time [-apvV] [-f format] [-o file] > [--append] [--verbose] > [--portability] [--format=format] [--output=file] [--version] > [--quiet] [--help] command [arg...] > > It's the 2nd one that surprises me. > Why would time; succeed but time;anything fail ? > > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > Free Mickey! > http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/ > http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html > My key: http://m8y.org/keys.html >
