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 /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 uptime bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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     Report       uptime        translation        bugs        to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

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.






GNU coreutils 8.5    Last change: April 2010                    1