#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Author : Keiran "Affix" Smith <Affix_at_Affix_dot_me>
# Website: http://keiran-smith.net
# Description :
# Parse the output of the linux uptime command into easy to understand
# readable text x Days y Hours z Minutes
# UPDATES :
#           - December 19th 2010
#             + Fixed a bug regarding minutes
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

# Get and Parse System Uptime
@uptime1 = split(/\,/, `uptime`);
@uptime2 = split(/ /, $uptime1[0]);
@uptime2 = split(/\:/, $uptime2[3]);

@hrmin = split(/ /, $uptime1[0]);

@days = split(/ /, $uptime1[0]);

$days[3] =~ s/[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]/0/;

if($days[3] < 1)
{
	@hrmins = split(/\:/, $hrmin[4]);
	$uptime = $hrmins[0] . " Hours " . $hrmins[1] . " Minutes";
}
else
{
	$uptime1[1] =~ s/ //;
	@hrmins = split(/\:/, $uptime1[1]);
	@hours = split(/ /, $hrmins[0]);
	if($hours[2] == 'users')
 	{
		$uptime = $days[3] . " Minutes";
	}
	else
	{
		$uptime = $days[3] . " Days " . $hrmins[0] . " Hours " . $hrmins[1] . " Minutes";
	}
}
print $uptime;

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Author : Keiran "Affix" Smith <Affix_at_Affix_dot_me>
# Website: http://keiran-smith.net
# Description :
# Parse the output of the linux uptime command into easy to understand
# readable text x Days y Hours z Minutes
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

@uptime1 = split(/\,/, `uptime`);
@uptime2 = split(/ /, $uptime1[0]);
@uptime2 = split(/\:/, $uptime2[3]);

@hrmin = split(/ /, $uptime1[0]);

@days = split(/ /, $uptime1[0]);

$days[3] =~ s/[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]/0/;

if($days[3] < 1)
{
	@hrmins = split(/\:/, $hrmin[4]);
	$uptime = $hrmins[0] . " Hours " . $hrmins[1] . " Minutes";
}
else
{
	$uptime1[1] =~ s/ //;
	@hrmins = split(/\:/, $uptime1[1]);
	$uptime = $days[3] . " Days " . $hrmins[0] . " Hours " . $hrmins[1] . " Minutes";
}
print $uptime;

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