fish-shell/doc_src/cmds/time.rst
Fabian Homborg 801d7e3e11 docs: Document that the man pages are for our builtins
For builtins that have the same name as common commands, it might not
be entirely obvious that there is another page.

So, for those builtins, we add a note, but only in the man pages.

(exception is true and false because the note would be longer than the
page, and it's fridging true and false)

Fixes #8077.
2021-07-16 18:21:41 +02:00

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.. _cmd-time:
time - measure how long a command or block takes
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Synopsis
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::
time COMMAND
Description
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.. only:: builder_man
NOTE: This page documents the fish keyword ``time``.
To see the documentation on the ``time`` command you might have,
use ``command man time``.
``time`` causes fish to measure how long a command takes and print the results afterwards. The command can be a simple fish command or a block. The results can not currently be redirected.
For checking timing after a command has completed, check :ref:`$CMD_DURATION <variables-special>`.
Your system most likely also has a ``time`` command. To use that use something like ``command time``, as in ``command time sleep 10``. Because it's not inside fish, it won't have access to fish functions and won't be able to time blocks and such.
Example
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(for obvious reasons exact results will vary on your system)
::
>_ time sleep 1s
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Executed in 1,01 secs fish external
usr time 2,32 millis 0,00 micros 2,32 millis
sys time 0,88 millis 877,00 micros 0,00 millis
>_ time for i in 1 2 3; sleep 1s; end
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Executed in 3,01 secs fish external
usr time 9,16 millis 2,94 millis 6,23 millis
sys time 0,23 millis 0,00 millis 0,23 millis
Inline variable assignments need to follow the ``time`` keyword::
>_ time a_moment=1.5m sleep $a_moment
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Executed in 90.00 secs fish external
usr time 4.62 millis 4.62 millis 0.00 millis
sys time 2.35 millis 0.41 millis 1.95 millis