Uptime command
December3
uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
$ uptime
10:00:26 up 12 min, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.44, 0.39
This is the same information contained in the header line displayed by w(command)
$ w
10:00:23 up 12 min, 2 users, load average: 0.29, 0.45, 0.39
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
kamaraj tty7 :0 09:48 ? 50.38s 0.18s x-session-manag
kamaraj pts/0 :0.0 09:58 0.00s 0.16s 0.00s w
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