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uptime (1g)

Name

uptime - tell how long the system has been running

Synopsis

uptime [OPTION]... [FILE]

Description

UPTIME(1)                        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 uninter-
       ruptible sleep state also contribute to the load average.  If  FILE  is
       not  specified,  use /system/volatile/utmpx.  /var/adm/wtmpx 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 uptime bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report uptime translation bugs to <http://translationproject.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 redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


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


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |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/core-
       utils-8.16.tar.xz

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



GNU coreutils 8.16                March 2012                         UPTIME(1)