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  Re: Command not found with builtins and variables Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-10 11:17 -0400

#14707 — Re: Command not found with builtins and variables

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 01:42:50PM +0200, bugs@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.

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