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From: drich@klaatu.lanl.gov (David Rich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: time command
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Date: 23 Feb 90 03:43:08 GMT
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I've not run across a reasonable description of
the output of the time command in unix doc that
I've seen.  What do these numbers mean? In general,
what do they say about an application?

e.g., 46.6u 1.8s 0:50 96% 0+1716k 5+0io 13pf+0w

Dave (dor@lanl.gov)
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David Rich
Military Systems Analysis Group (A-5)
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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