linux - uptime (1)

NAME

       uptime - Tell how long the system has been running.

SYNOPSIS

       uptime

DESCRIPTION

       uptime  gives a one line display of the following informa-
       tion.  The current time, how long the system has been run-
       ning, how many users are currently logged on, and the sys-
       tem 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

       /etc/utmp information about who is currently logged on
       /proc     process information

AUTHORS

       uptime   was   written   by   Larry   Greenfield   (green-
       fie@gauss.rutgers.edu)  and  Michael  K.  Johnson   (john-
       sonm@sunsite.unc.edu).

SEE ALSO

       ps(1), top(1), utmp(5), w(1)