Yes, as a consequence, it also lets you do this: time { sleep 0.1 sleep 0.2 } # result is 0.3 seconds which you obviously can't do w

Yes, as a consequence, it also lets you do this: time { sleep 0.1 sleep 0.2 } # result is 0.3 seconds which you obviously can't do with an external command. I wrote about that here: https://lobste.rs/s/hwgt2h/usr_bin_time_not_command_you_think_you_know https://lobste.rs/s/hwgt2h/usr_bin_time_not_command_you_thin...