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 © 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY 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.