On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 01:42:50PM +0200, b...@feusi.co wrote: > TEST=1 time ls
time is not a builtin. It's a "keyword". It's a piece of the shell's syntax. It has special magical rules that apply to nothing else. If you want to set an environment variable in the temporary execution environment of a command, and time how long that command takes, then you write it like this: time TEST=1 something that is not actually ls because ls does not use \$TEST > TEST=1 cd > > Works without any problems, Completely useless. cd does not use environment variables. Stop OBFUSCATING your questions. Post the ACTUAL QUESTIONS with the ACTUAL INTENT so we can answer them.
