Example default time output (no command line options passed, and TIME env variable not defined): real 622m51.508s user 14492m3.165s sys 11m49.061s man page excerpt: The format string FORMAT controls the contents of the time output. The format string can be set using the `-f' or `--format', `-v' or `--verbose', or `-p' or `--portability' options. If they are not given, but the TIME environment variable is set, its value is used as the format string. Otherwise, a built-in default format is used. The default format is: %Uuser %Ssystem %Eelapsed %PCPU (%Xtext+%Ddata %Mmax)k %Iinputs+%Ooutputs (%Fmajor+%Rminor)pagefaults %Wswaps