UPTIME(1)               FreeBSD General Commands Manual              UPTIME(1)

NAME

     uptime - show how long system has been running

SYNOPSIS

     uptime [--libxo]

DESCRIPTION

     The uptime utility displays the current time, the length of time the
     system has been up, the number of users, and the load average of the
     system over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

     The following options are available:

     --libxo
             Generate output via libxo(3) in a selection of different human
             and machine readable formats.  See xo_options(7) for details on
             command line arguments.

FILES

     /boot/kernel/kernel  system name list

EXAMPLES

           $ uptime
           11:23AM  up  3:01, 8 users, load averages: 21.09, 15.43, 12.79

SEE ALSO

     w(1), libxo(3), xo_options(7)

HISTORY

     The uptime command appeared in 3.0BSD.

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD      September 11, 2025                     UPTIME(1)