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.   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 bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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 uptime

       should give you access to the complete manual.



uptime 5.3.0             November 2004                UPTIME(1)