How can I use the `time` command IN a shell script?

Question

I often use time to time a command via console:

time PGPASSWORD=postgres psql -U postgres -h localhost -f init.sql

I now created a shell script which does the same:

#!/bin/sh
time PGPASSWORD=postgres psql -U postgres -h localhost -f init.sql

Now I get the following error:

time: cannot run PGPASSWORD=postgres: No such file or directory
Command exited with non-zero status 127

How can I use time in a script?

Answer 1

bash defines time as a pre-command modifier; /bin/sh is just running the external command time . You probably want #!/bin/bash as your shebang.