man uptime - Man page for uptime
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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>.
Please send bug reports to <albert@users.sf.net>
SEE ALSO
ps(1),
top(1),
utmp(5),
w(1)