william@arm:~$* which time* */usr/bin/time* william@arm:~$ *sudo apt-get remove --purge time* [sudo] password for william: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: time* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 7 not upgraded. After this operation, 124 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 13376 files and directories currently installed.) Removing time ... william@arm:~$ *which time* william@arm:~$ *time --help* *-sh: time: command not found* william@arm:~$ sudo apt-get install time Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: time 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/33.9 kB of archives. After this operation, 124 kB of additional disk space will be used. debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76, <> line 1.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 7, <> line 1.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype Selecting previously unselected package time. (Reading database ... 13364 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking time (from .../archives/time_1.7-24_armhf.deb) ... Setting up time (1.7-24) ... william@arm:~$* which time* */usr/bin/time* william@arm:~$ time --help
*Usage: time [-apvV] [-f format] [-o file] [--append] [--verbose] [--portability] [--format=format] [--output=file] [--version] [--quiet] [--help] command [arg...]* william@arm:~$ On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/17/2014 08:52 PM, William Hermans wrote: > > Jimit, if the command *which time* returns nothing, then it is not > installed. Install with apt-get install time. > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 09/17/2014 08:05 PM, Jimit Doshi wrote: >> >> @Robert >> I get no response when I use the 'which' command. I think this is kind of >> expected because I couldn't 'find' the 'time' executable anywhere in the >> root directories. >> >> @William >> I think it is installed because it does measure the execution times, >> however I am not able to find the path of it's installed executable. >> >> On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 7:37:39 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: >>> >>> *voodoo@hestia:~$ which time* >>>> * /usr/bin/time* >>>> >>> >>> Assuming its installed. So, in the case that it is not installed . . . >>> >>> # >>> *apt-get install time * >>> >>> >> type -a time >> >> Likely returns shell builtin, not what you are after. >> >> apt-get install time >> >> type -a time >> >> Enjoy "time" formatted as you like... >> >> Mike >> -- >> > > Actually I misread my own test of that. As has been pointed out the > bottom line is install the time package. > > time is not a shell builtin, it's a shell (bash) keyword. Using type -a > will show you this. > Using which will _not_ show builtins or keywords. > > You mentioned having to use the full path to use the time command. That > comes down to order of execution by the shell. > Unless disabled, by default keywords and builtins will execute first, then > the search path. > > A quick hack around using the full path is simply using a \ first i.e. > > \time -f blah blah > > mike@tightrope:~$ type -a time > time is a shell keyword > time is /usr/bin/time > time is /usr/bin/X11/time > mike@tightrope:~$ time --version > bash: --version: command not found > real 0m0.002s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.000s > mike@tightrope:~$ \time --version > GNU time 1.7 > mike@tightrope:~$ > > Mike > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
