Linux Cumulative User, System CPU Usage of Running Process?

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Published on 2010-05-21T19:54:28Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 20:02 UTC
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On Linux (and other Unix-like OS's if there's a general answer), is there an easy way to get an output similar to the time command (current real time, user, and system CPU usage totals) for a process that is still running?

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