Command "ntpq -p" takes time more than 5 sec

Client Configuration and Development
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What is the maximum time this command can take to show the output.

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I believe it’s whatever the DNS timeout is for your OS…

If you need speedy output, use ‘-pn’ so it returns the IP vs doing a DNS lookup for each server.

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There may be additional time for the name resolution, otherwise, from the manual page of the command ntpq:

   timeout milliseconds
           Specify a timeout period for responses to server queries. The default is about 5000 milliseconds. Note that since
           ntpq  retries  each  query  once  after a timeout, the total waiting time for a timeout will be twice the timeout
           value set.
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Thank you for your replies.