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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | AUTHOR | REPORTING BUGS | COPYRIGHT | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON 

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/>
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       <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2025 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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uptime>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uptime invocation'

COLOPHON         top

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       manipulation utilities) project.  Information about the project
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GNU coreutils 9.6              January 2025                     UPTIME(1)

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