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(time.info)Format String

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The Format String
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   The "format string" controls the contents of the `time' output.  It
consists of "resource specifiers" and "escapes", interspersed with
plain text.

   A backslash introduces an "escape", which is translated into a
single printing character upon output.  The valid escapes are listed
below.  An invalid escape is output as a question mark followed by a
backslash.

`\t'
     a tab character

`\n'
     a newline

`\\'
     a literal backslash

   `time' always prints a newline after printing the resource use
information, so normally format strings do not end with a newline
character (or `\n').

   A resource specifier consists of a percent sign followed by another
character.  An invalid resource specifier is output as a question mark
followed by the invalid character.  Use `%%' to output a literal
percent sign.

   The resource specifiers, which are a superset of those recognized by
the `tcsh' builtin `time' command, are listed below.  Not all resources
are measured by all versions of Unix, so some of the values might be
reported as zero (Note: Accuracy).

Time Resources

Memory Resources

I/O Resources

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