I installed the 'time' command using apt-get install time and it works fine now.
Thanks everyone for your 'time'! On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:05:49 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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] <javascript:>> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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. 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