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uptime (1g)

Name

uptime - tell how long the system has been running

Synopsis

uptime [OPTION]... [FILE]

Description




User Commands                                           UPTIME(1)



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.  Processes in an uninterruptible sleep  state  also
     contribute  to  the load average.  If FILE is not specified,
     use /system/volatile/utmpx.  /var/adm/wtmpx as FILE is  com-
     mon.

     --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 uptime bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General  help  using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report uptime translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (C)  2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
     GPLv3+:     GNU     GPL     version     3      or      later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free  software:  you are free to change and redis-
     tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:









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User Commands                                           UPTIME(1)



     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
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 coreutils 'uptime invocation'

     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community  website  at  http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.




























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