MOREUTILS-TS(1)MOREUTILS-TS(1)NAME
ts - timestamp input
SYNOPSIS
ts [-r] [-i | -s] [format]
DESCRIPTION
ts adds a timestamp to the beginning of each line of input.
The optional format parameter controls how the timestamp is formatted,
as used by strftime(3). The default format is "%b %d %H:%M:%S". In
addition to the regular strftime conversion specifications, "%.S" and
"%.s" are like "%S" and "%s", but provide subsecond resolution (ie,
"30.00001" and "1301682593.00001").
If the -r switch is passed, it instead converts existing timestamps in
the input to relative times, such as "15m5s ago". Many common timestamp
formats are supported. Note that the Time::Duration and Date::Parse
perl modules are required for this mode to work. Currently, converting
localized dates is not supported.
If both -r and a format is passed, the existing timestamps are
converted to the specified format.
If the -i or -s switch is passed, ts timestamps incrementally instead.
In case of -i, every timestamp will be the time elapsed since the last
timestamp. In case of -s, the time elapsed since start of the program
is used. The default format changes to "%H:%M:%S", and "%.S" and "%.s"
can be used as well.
ENVIRONMENT
The standard TZ environment variable controls what time zone dates are
assumed to be in, if a timezone is not specified as part of the date.
AUTHOR
Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
Licensed under the GNU GPL.
moreutils 2015-10-07 MOREUTILS-TS(1)
