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uptime(1B)

show how long the system has been up

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

uptime - show how long the system has been up

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/uptime

DESCRIPTION

The uptime command prints the current time, the length of time the system has been up. It is the first line of a w(1) command.

EXAMPLE

Below is an example of the output uptime provides:
     uptime
     6:47am  up 6 days, 16:38,  1 users

SEE ALSO

w(1)  whodo(1)  in  the  System  Administrator's   Reference
Manual.
who in the User's Reference Manual.

NOTES

who -b gives the time the system was last booted.