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Name

uptime - tell how long the system has been running

Synopsis

uptime [OPTION]... [ FILE ]

Description

Print the current time, the length of time the system has been up, the number of users on the system, and the average number of jobs in the run queue over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes. If FILE is not specified, use /var/run/utmp. /var/log/wtmp as FILE is common.

--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

Author

Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

See Also

The full documentation for uptime is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and uptime programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info uptime

should give you access to the complete manual.


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