w | head -1 | awk '{ print $3 }'
is less keystrokes than "uptime" :)
Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 andy at theasis.com wrote:
> > of course everyone is going to say uptime, but real geeks cat /proc/uptime
> > ;)
>
> No, I think the *real* geek would think of that, but opt for the solution
> with fewer keystrokes. Geek would instead go for the letter "w". But
> perhaps the excessive output would be deemed undesirable, and so the
> ultimate result would be along the lines of creating "alias u = 'uptime'".
> This has the added advantage of customizing one's personal environment so
> that it's more obscure to the layman.
>
> Andy
>
> > Thank You,
> > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)
>
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