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ruptime: show host status of local machines

NAME

ruptime - show host status of local machines

SYNOPSIS

ruptime [-alrtu ] [-n=length ]

DESCRIPTION

Ruptime gives a status line like uptime for each machine on the local network; these are formed from packets broadcast by each host on the network once a minute.

Machines for which no status report has been received for 11 minutes are shown as being down.

Options:

-a

Users idle an hour or more are not counted unless the -a flag is given.

-l

Sort by load average.

-r

Reverses the sort order.

-t

Sort by uptime.

-u

Sort by number of users.

-n=length

Specify hostname length in output.

The default listing is sorted by host name.

FILES

/var/spool/rwho/whod.*

data files

HISTORY

Ruptime appeared in BSD 4.2