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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.50.1.
.TH UPTIME "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
uptime \- tell how long the system has been running
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B uptime
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
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 \fI\,/var/run/utmp\/\fP. \fI\,/var/log/wtmp\/\fP as FILE is common.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uptime#uptime--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uptime#uptime--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uptime>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) uptime invocation\(aq
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