UPTIME(1)

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version 0.12.0 · 6 versions
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💖 UPTIME(1) — the General Commands Manual's cutest entry 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because this is literally the page for uptime, from the General Commands Manual section of your system, and it's about to tell you everything your machine has been up to while you were asleep. 🌙✨

✨ NAME ✨

uptime — display 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.

like. it's the gossip column for your computer. it will tell you what time it is, how long the system's been awake, how many users are logged in, and how busy the run queue has been over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes. no cap. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

uptime [OPTION]...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options go in, truth comes out. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Display 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.

fr fr, that's the entire job description. four little facts, one iconic output. your system has main character energy and uptime is the friend holding the camera. 📸👑

👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per flag bestie, we do not skip, we do not merge, we are thorough queens:

  • -s, --since — system up since. i.e. show you when the system came online. the birth certificate moment. 🍼
  • -p, --pretty — show uptime in pretty format. soft, cute, human-readable. it's giving ✨aesthetic✨.
  • -h, --help — Print help. your girl's got your back when you forget how she works. 🫶
  • -V, --version — Print version. everyone loves a little "who am i" moment. 💅
  • [path] — file to search boot time from. oh? you want to point at a specific file to find the boot time in? go off, custom queen. that's the [path] argument and it is exactly what it says. 🧚

🌈 VERSION 🌈

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

that's the version, verbatim, do not @ me. 💜

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

okay so here's where it gets fun. the receipts. 📜

Print current time, uptime, number of logged-in users, and other information:

uptime

Show only the amount of time the system has been booted for:

uptime [-p|--pretty]

Print the date and time the system booted up at:

uptime [-s|--since]

Display the time data in seconds:

uptime [-r|--raw]

Display version:

uptime [-V|--version]
💀 bestie, real talk: -r/--raw shows up in the examples above but is not listed in the OPTIONS section of this page. i'm telling you exactly what the page says and nothing more, because we do not invent flags in this household. periodt. 🙈

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License.

⚠️ Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail. not a scandal, just a heads up. 🌱

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

nothing listed on this page, bestie — go outside and touch grass, run uptime, and then come right back. 🌿

so yeah. that's uptime. short page, huge energy, and every single detail kept exactly where it belongs. 🔥

cute little sign-off from your girl: this page is dated 2026-09-25, and it comes from the uutils coreutils fam, version 0.12.0. mwah. 💖🎀🦋

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