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Old 08-03-2008
alright here is a working solution I found (since I am only answering myself^^) if anybody is interested:

Code:
uptime | sed 's/.*up \(.*\),.*user.*/\1/' | awk  '{sub(":", " hours ", $0);  sub(" mins", " min", $0); sub(" secs", " sec", $0); sub("hrs", "hours", $0); sub(",", "", $0); print "uptime: " $0 " min"}' | awk ' {sub( "min min", "min", $0); sub( "hours min", "hours", $0); sub( "secs min", "sec", $0);  sub( "day min", "day", $0);  sub( "days min", "days", $0); print  $0}'


here is a short explanation: the second awk is there to get rid of unwanted output like secmin, minsmin, hoursmin etc.
so with two awk commands I got my desired output which looks like this

uptime: 3 days 9 hours 29 min
 
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uptime

uptime(1)						      General Commands Manual							 uptime(1)

NAME

       uptime, w - show how long system has been up and/or who is logged in and what they are doing

SYNOPSIS

       [user]

       [pset_list]]

       [user]

       [pset_list]]

DESCRIPTION

       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 for the active processors.

       is linked to and prints the same output as displaying a summary of the current activity on the system.

   Options
       and recognize the following options:

	      Print the current time, the length of time the system has been up,
		     and the number of users logged on to the system in the first line of the output.  The average number of jobs in the core over
		     the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes for the active processors is also printed.

		     When used with the option, the load averages for the processor sets (psets) are calculated on a core basis.

	      Suppress the first line and the heading line.
		     This option should not be used with the option.  This option assumes the use of the option to

	      Use long output.
		     This option assumes the use of the option to

	      Print the current time, the length of time the system has been up, and
		     the  number  of  users logged on to the system in the first line of the output.  The load averages over the last 1, 5, and 15
		     minutes for the processor sets (psets) given in the command line, pset_list, are displayed in the subsequent  lines.   If	no
		     arguments are given, the load averages are displayed for all the psets in the system.

		     If  pset id of an empty pset is given in the command line, a corresponding message will be displayed.  If the kernel does not
		     have the pset capability, gives an error.	The option cannot be used along with other options except

	      Use the short form of output for displaying terminal information.
		     The terminal name is abbreviated, and the login time and CPU times are suppressed.

	      Print only the first line describing the overall state of the system.
		     This is the default for the command.

	      Print a summary of the current activity on the system for each user.
		     This is the default for the command.

EXAMPLES

       The command:

       produces text resembling the following:

       depending upon the current status of the system.

       The command:

       gives the load average of all the psets in the system.  If 0, 94, 95, and 97 are existing psets in the system, the output  will	look  like
       the following:

       The command:

       gives output which looks like the following if 94 and 95 are valid pset ids:

       The command:

       gives the load average of the system, producing output resembling the following:

       The command:

       gives the load average of all the psets in the system.  If 0 and 1 are psets in the system, the output will look like the following:

AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

SEE ALSO

       mpctl(2), pset_ctl(2).

																	 uptime(1)