#!/usr/bin/perl -l $times = `(time ls) 2>&1 >/dev/null`; print "/usr/bin/time:\n[$times]"; $times = `/bin/bash -c "(time ls) 2>&1 >/dev/null"`; print "bash builtin:\n[$times]"; __END__ /usr/bin/time: [0.00user 0.00system 0:00.00elapsed 114%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+396minor)pagefaults 0swaps ] bash builtin: [ real 0m0.008s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.004s ]