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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)

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