true, very true.. I normaly look at w output for uptime, because i'm not
normaly looking for just the uptime.. I want a quick user statistic as
well. :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)

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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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