diff --git a/src/userland/cli/ptime.c b/src/userland/cli/ptime.c
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+// Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Chris (boreddevnl)
+// This software is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE file for details.
+// This header needs to maintain in any file it is present in, as per the GPL license terms.
+
+#include "../libc/stdlib.h"
+
+#define CMDLINE_MAX 512
+
+static int sc_strcmp(const char *a, const char *b) {
+    while (*a && *a == *b) {
+        a++;
+        b++;
+    }
+
+    return (unsigned char)*a - (unsigned char)*b;
+}
+
+static int has_slash(const char *s) {
+    while (s && *s) {
+        if (*s == '/')
+            return 1;
+        s++;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int ends_with_elf(const char *s) {
+    int len;
+
+    if (!s)
+        return 0;
+
+    len = strlen(s);
+
+    if (len < 4)
+        return 0;
+
+    return sc_strcmp(s + len - 4, ".elf") == 0;
+}
+
+static void print_usage(void) {
+    printf("Usage: ptime <command> [args...]\n");
+    printf("\n");
+    printf("Examples:\n");
+    printf("  ptime ls\n");
+    printf("  ptime hexdump file.txt\n");
+    printf("  ptime /bin/hexdump.elf file.txt\n");
+}
+
+// Read the system uptime in milliseconds by reading /proc/uptime and parsing the first number (seconds).
+static unsigned long long read_uptime_ms(void) {
+    char buf[64];
+    int fd;
+    int bytes;
+    int seconds;
+
+    fd = sys_open("/proc/uptime", "r");
+
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    bytes = sys_read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+
+    sys_close(fd);
+
+    if (bytes <= 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    buf[bytes] = 0;
+
+    seconds = atoi(buf);
+
+    return (unsigned long long)seconds * 1000ULL;
+}
+
+// Build the command line for execution
+// If the first argument contains a slash, use it as is. Otherwise, prepend "/bin/" and append ".elf" if it doesn't already end with ".elf".
+static void build_command_line(int argc, char **argv, char *out) {
+    int i;
+
+    out[0] = 0;
+
+    if (has_slash(argv[1])) {
+        strcat(out, argv[1]);
+    } else {
+        strcat(out, "/bin/");
+        strcat(out, argv[1]);
+
+        if (!ends_with_elf(argv[1])) {
+            strcat(out, ".elf");
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
+        strcat(out, " ");
+        strcat(out, argv[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    char cmdline[CMDLINE_MAX];
+
+    unsigned long long start;
+    unsigned long long end;
+    unsigned long long elapsed;
+
+    int ret;
+
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        print_usage();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (sc_strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 ||
+        sc_strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+        print_usage();
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    build_command_line(argc, argv, cmdline);
+
+    start = read_uptime_ms();
+
+    ret = system(cmdline);
+
+    end = read_uptime_ms();
+
+    if (end >= start)
+        elapsed = end - start;
+    else
+        elapsed = 0;
+
+    printf("\n");
+    printf("Command: %s\n", cmdline);
+    printf("Exit code: %d\n", ret);
+    printf("Elapsed: %llu ms\n", elapsed);
+
+    return ret;
+}