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 /etc/utmp. /etc/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

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.

SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uptime>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uptime invocation'