Linux "uptime" Command Line Options and Examples

Tell how long the system has been running.

uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 min‐ utes. This is the same information contained in the header line displayed by w(1).

Usage:

uptime [options]

Related Commands

Command Line Options:

-p

show uptime in pretty format


                            uptime -p ...

-h

display this help text


                            uptime -h ...

-s

system up since, in yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS format


                            uptime -s ...

-V

display version information and exitFILES/var/run/utmpinformation about who is currently logged on/proc process informationAUTHORSuptime was written by Larry Greenfield ⟨greenfie@gauss.rutgers.edu⟩ and Michael K. Johnson ⟨johnsonm@sunsite.unc.edu⟩


                            uptime -V ...