9.3.26 times command (displays the amount of CPU time used by the shell)

Syntax

times

Description

This command outputs to the standard output the amount of CPU time used by the shell and by processes launched from the shell. The following information is displayed:

User CPU time (in seconds) used by the shell
System CPU time (in seconds) used by the shell
Total user CPU time (in seconds) used by processes launched from the shell
Total system CPU time (in seconds) used by processes launched from the shell

The output format of the times command is shown in the following table:

Output format^#	Meaning
`Shell:` `CPU-time` `user` `CPU-time` `system`	CPU time used by the shell is output in the order user CPU time, system CPU time.
`Kids:` `CPU-time` `user` `CPU-time` `system`	CPU time used by processes launched from the shell is output in the order user CPU time, system CPU time.

#: CPU-time is displayed to two decimal places.

Note that if an option is specified, it is ignored and processing of the command continues unaffected.

Return code

Return code	Meaning
`0`	Normal termination

Notes

In Windows, the CPU time of child processes does not include the CPU time of grandchild processes.
Even if the command syntax of this regular built-in command is invalid, it does not exit the shell that is executing the command.

Example

Display the CPU time of the shell and the process launched from the shell (ps command).

Contents of the job definition script
```
ps > /dev/null
times
```
Contents of the STDOUT file of the execution job
```
********   JOB SCOPE STDOUT    ********
Shell:     0.00s user     0.01s system
Kids:      0.01s user     0.10s system
```

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