uptime1
Show how long system has been running
Usage
uptime [--libxo]
Overview
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:
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--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.
Examples
$ uptime 11:23AM up 3:01, 8 users, load averages: 21.09, 15.43, 12.79
Releases
163 releases since Mac OS X 10.0; the text changed 6 times.
--libxo since macOS 26.4.