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# 8  
Old 01-24-2011
Hi radoulov,

In my bash shell script, I am using the format posted by you i.e.:
Code:
_utime="$( TIMEFORMAT='%lU';time ( ls ) 2>&1 1>/dev/null )"

This displays the user time taken by the ls command. If the "real time" and "system time" are required, in such a case, what options can be used in above format ?
Also, it would be of great help if you could explain about the "l" option used with '%lU'
in above command format.?
Thanks.
Last edited by radoulov; 01-24-2011 at 06:50 AM.. Reason: Added code tags.
# 9  
Old 01-24-2011
Sure,
it's documented in the manual pages, try:

Code:
man bash | less -p'^ *TIMEFORMAT'

# 10  
Old 01-25-2011
thanks a lot radoulov.
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