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UPTIME(1)                       User Commands                      UPTIME(1)

NAME         top

       uptime - tell how long the system has been running

SYNOPSIS         top

       uptime [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report uptime translation bugs to
       <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://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         top

       Full documentation at:
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uptime>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uptime invocation'

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GNU coreutils 8.29              December 2017                      UPTIME(1)

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