Using Uptime

The syntax for this command is as follows:

uptime [OPTIONS]

To display the operating time of your system, call the command without any additional operations:

uptime

The output will look something like this:

17:41:04 up 7 min,  6 user,  load average: 0.66, 0.62, 0.72

• 17:41:04 – current system time
• up 7 min – this is the time during which the system worked.
• 6 user number of registered users.
• load average: 0.66, 0.62, 0.72– average system load values ​​for the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.

The average load on Linux can be a little confusing. Unlike other operating systems that show average CPU utilization, Linux shows average system utilization.

Uptime command options

This command accepts only a few options, which is rarely used. The -p, –pretty option tells uptime to display output in a nice format:

uptime -p

The output will only show how long the system has been running:

up 8 minutes

The -s, –since option shows the date and time since the system started:

uptime -s

2020-05-04 10:32:11

The other two options are:

-h, –help- Show help and exit

-V, –version- Displays version information and output.