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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:14:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Alex Vinokur <alexvn AT connect DOT to>
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Subject: Re: Where does the 'time' (shell keyword) write?
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Alex Vinokur wrote:

> $ type time
> time is a shell keyword
>
>
> $ time ls
> dummy1  dummy2
>
> real    0m0.040s
> user    0m0.020s
> sys     0m0.040s
>
>
> $ time ls > zzz
>
> real    0m0.040s
> user    0m0.020s
> sys     0m0.040s
> // So, 'time' doesn't write to stdin (?!)
>
>
> $ time ls 2> zzz2
> dummy1  dummy2  zzz
>
> real    0m0.040s
> user    0m0.020s
> sys     0m0.030s
> // So, 'time' doesn't write to stderr (?!)
>
>
> Question-1. Where does the 'time' (shell keyword) write?

stderr, but any redirection will be attributed to the command, not the
keyword.

> Question-2. How to redirect output of the 'time' (shell keyword)?

(time ls) 2> zzz2

HTH,
	Igor
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