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Re: where does time go



On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 14:34:57 +0000, fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote:
> i run a command preceded by time and pipe it to mail
> the results of time is not included in the mail
> 
> time sleep 2 2>&1 | mail -s foo bar@localhost
> 
> Null message body; hope that's ok
> 
> real    0m2.095s
> user    0m0.011s
> sys     0m0.002s

https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/032

Short answer: { time sleep 2; } 2>&1 | mail -s foo bar@localhost


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