[SOLVED] Does 'time' run the internal time command or the external one?
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Does 'time' run the internal time command or the external one?
Hi:
For some shell built-in commands there are external commands with the same name and identical or nearly identical behaviour (they do the same thing). Suppose foo is such a name. What does this do?
I typed 'command -V time' and was said 'time is a shell keyword'. I had looked (bash man) under SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS and did not find time. The only place I found it was in the definition of pipeline. Which now makes very good sense. Thanks for the list.
Thanks chrism01. That is the bad fortune with non-native English speakers in an English speaking forum. Everything has to be explained to us (and everything IS explained). Although there are native speakers who speak English very well. Not my case.
Now, I'll write in a linguistics forum to understand what druuna meant by his two cents.
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