Both Linux and Unix-like systems comes with various command to find out server uptime command. Under Linux file \/proc\/uptime has uptime information and file \/var\/run\/utmp has information about who is currently logged on. However, information from \/proc or utmp file is not directly readable by humans so you need to use the uptime command.<\/p>\n
uptime<\/b> – Tell how long the system has been running.<\/p>\n
UNIX \/ Linux uptime command<\/b><\/p>\n
Open a command-line terminal and then type the following commands:<\/p>\n
#uptime<\/p>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
uptime<\/p>\n
12:04:44 up 8 days, 19:42, 3 users, load average: 1.56, 2.56, 1.96<\/p>\n
Note: The uptime command gives a one line display of the following information.<\/p>\n
1). The current time<\/p>\n
2). How long the system has been running<\/p>\n
3). How many users are currently logged on<\/p>\n
4). The system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes<\/p>\n
See uptime in pretty format pass the -p option to the uptime command<\/p>\n
#uptime -p<\/p>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
uptime -p<\/p>\n
up 1 week, 1 day, 19 hours, 47 minutes<\/p>\n
See uptime in system up since, in yyyy-mm-dd MM:HH:SS format pass the -s option to the uptime command<\/p>\n
#uptime -s<\/p>\n
uptime -s
\n2017-12-27 16:22:09<\/p>\n