UPTIME(1)							   User Commands							 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.  Processes in an uninterruptible sleep state also contribute to the load average.  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 uptime bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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

       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 coreutils 'uptime invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010								 UPTIME(1)