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How to find uptime of a linux process

How do I find the uptime of a given linux process. ps aux | grep gedit | grep -v grep gives me a whole lot of information which includes the time at which the process was started. I am specifically looking for switch which returns the uptime of a…
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What does load average mean on Unix/Linux?

If I run uptime, I get something like this: 10:50:30 up 366 days, 23:27, 1 user, load average: 1.27, 2.06, 1.54 What do those numbers on the end mean? The man page tells me it's "the load average of the system over the last 1, 5, and 15…
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Getting date and time of system startup in Linux

I know that uptime prints the time a machine has been up and running, but is there an easier (reliable) way to get the date of the start up than counting down from this output? I tried looking around /proc, but didn't find anything of relevance.…
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Why there are two users showing in uptime command results?

When I ran the uptime on my MacBookPro machine I got the following result: Last login: Thu Jun 3 14:43:40 on ttys000 Osama-Gamal-MBP-2:~ iOsama$ uptime 14:49 up 7 days, 20:10, 2 users, load averages: 0.29 0.24 0.24 Why it lists that there are two…
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How to find out uptime on Windows?

What is the simplest way to find out how long a computer is turned on Windows?
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How to find the uptime since last wake from standby

I want to know the uptime since the last wake from standby. The command uptime only shows the difference between current time minus the last startup time.
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Windows 8 uptime not resetting after restart or shut down

Memory continuously rises, probably because of various applications that I run including Chrome, and it starts to choke out windows so I try to reboot it after 3-4 days at the most. When I am in the Task Manager after a complete cycle (shut down and…
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Windows 8 reports WRONG uptime (possibly total Hybrid-Boot uptime)

The up time shown in the picture is 6 Days, 1 hour, 34 Minutes, 22 seconds. I turned on this Laptop just about 7 min ago. I actually think it like, Windows 8 reports the total up time while in Hybrid-Boot mode. How do I get the real up time?? Also,…
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Why is the system uptime too long despite shutdown?

I'm noticing something strange in my PC. The Task Manager in my system displays my system uptime is around 3days and 1hr. I can honestly tell you that I have used the machine for just 10hrs this week. I rarely put my PC in standby or hibernate as I…
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How to view Windows' physical uptime?

How can I determine how long my Windows 8.1 PC has been up and running? Checking in task manager or using systeminfo command does not work, because they do not reset when you hibernate. I need to know the time my PC is turned on, not when the last…
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Server uptime checker?

I want to monitor my server's uptime. Is there some free application or a really good paid service that offers this? Obviously, I can't write something that is hosted on the server whose uptime I am checking.
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Found a Windows 3.1 machine. How do I get the uptime?

I have found a very old machine at a company storage room. It seems to have been running forever. It is not connected to the Internet and only has a 3.5" floppy drive. Is it possible to look up the uptime for this machine?
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Parsing the output of "uptime" with bash

I would like to save the output of the uptime command into a csv file in a Bash script. Since the uptime command has different output formats based on the time since the last reboot I came up with a pretty heavy solution based on case, but there is…
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"Load average" stuck on 7.0

I'm using gentoo and anytime I do uptime, my "Load average" is stuck at 7.0 across the board. When using top or htop or dstat the CPU usage is always idle. The computer is used to run a Java program which uses a lot of NIO and java.util.concurrent…
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Check when computer was turned on for Windows

On a Windows computer, is there a way to see the date and time when the computer was booted/turned on/powered on? Something like the Linux uptime command. But I'd rather it display the exact time when it was turned on, not the time that has passed…
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