.TH SEC 1df "December 2016" "Manual page for sec" .SH NAME .B sec \- convert colon-delimited durations to seconds .SH USAGE .B sec FILE1 [FILE2 ...] .br .B sec < FILE .br printf '1:02:54\\n' | .B sec .br sec=$(printf '%s\\n' "$timestamp" | sec) .SH DESCRIPTION Applies awk(1) to convert hh:mm:ss or mm:ss timestamps into a count of seconds. Exits zero if all lines were successfully recognised and converted, non-zero otherwise. .SH SEE ALSO hms(1df) .SH AUTHOR Tom Ryder