UPTIME

Section: Linux User's Manual (1)
Updated: 26 Jan 1993
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NAME

uptime - Tell how long the system has been running.

SYNOPSIS

uptime
uptime [-V]

DESCRIPTION

uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

This is the same information contained in the header line displayed by w(1).

FILES

/var/run/utmp information about who is currently logged on
/proc process information

AUTHORS

uptime was written by Larry Greenfield <greenfie@gauss.rutgers.edu> and
Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@sunsite.unc.edu>.