https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/script-or-command-to-find-amount-of-real-time-for-a-process/m-p/4215766#M91799 Hi:<BR /><BR />If you use the XPG4 (UNIX95) mode of 'ps' you can output your time in 'days-hours:minutes:seconds'. This field is then easy to parse for computation purposes.<BR /><BR />Compare these:<BR /><BR /># ps -ef |grep xntpd<BR /> root 1671 1 0 Mar 3 ? 28:28 /usr/sbin/xntpd -x<BR /> <BR />...versus:<BR /><BR /># UNIX95= ps -e -o pid -o etime -o comm|grep xntpd<BR /> 1671 100-18:59:40 xntpd<BR /><BR />Set the UNIX95 variable *only* for the duration of the 'ps' command as shown. There is no semicolon after the assignment operator and before the 'ps'.<BR /><BR />If you don't want headings added to the output, do:<BR /><BR /># UNIX95= ps -e -o pid= -o etime= -o comm=<BR /><BR />See the manpages for 'ps' for more information.<BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF...<BR /> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:14 GMT James R. Ferguson 2008-06-12T16:46:14Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/script-or-command-to-find-amount-of-real-time-for-a-process/m-p/4215765#M91798 Is there a command to find the amount of real time a process has been running?<BR /><BR />Or does anyone have a script example to find this information?<BR /><BR />Trying to write a script to look for processes that have been running greater than or equal to 12 hours. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:35:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/script-or-command-to-find-amount-of-real-time-for-a-process/m-p/4215765#M91798 J Greg Wallace 2008-06-12T16:35:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/script-or-command-to-find-amount-of-real-time-for-a-process/m-p/4215766#M91799 Hi:<BR /><BR />If you use the XPG4 (UNIX95) mode of 'ps' you can output your time in 'days-hours:minutes:seconds'. This field is then easy to parse for computation purposes.<BR /><BR />Compare these:<BR /><BR /># ps -ef |grep xntpd<BR /> root 1671 1 0 Mar 3 ? 28:28 /usr/sbin/xntpd -x<BR /> <BR />...versus:<BR /><BR /># UNIX95= ps -e -o pid -o etime -o comm|grep xntpd<BR /> 1671 100-18:59:40 xntpd<BR /><BR />Set the UNIX95 variable *only* for the duration of the 'ps' command as shown. There is no semicolon after the assignment operator and before the 'ps'.<BR /><BR />If you don't want headings added to the output, do:<BR /><BR /># UNIX95= ps -e -o pid= -o etime= -o comm=<BR /><BR />See the manpages for 'ps' for more information.<BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF...<BR /> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:14 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/script-or-command-to-find-amount-of-real-time-for-a-process/m-p/4215766#M91799 James R. Ferguson 2008-06-12T16:46:14Z