uptime(1)

NAME

uptime − show how long system has been up

SYNOPSIS

uptime

DESCRIPTION

uptime prints the current time, the length of time the system has been up, the number of users logged on to the system, and the average number of jobs in the run queue over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.

EXAMPLES

The command:

uptime

produces text resembling the following:

2:30pm up 14days, 2:39, 33 users, load average: 1.71, 1.88, 1.80

depending upon the current status of the system.

AUTHOR

uptime was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.