How to Check Shutdown and Reboot Date in Linux

There are plenty of reasons why you’d want to find out when your Linux computer shut down, restarted, or how long it’s been running. Most of the time this information is invaluable in debugging a problem that may have happened when no one was looking. Thankfully, Linux meticulously logs system events automatically on most distributions. Accessing that logged information from the command line is a breeze as well. Last Boot First, if you want to check when your computer last booted up, you can use the who command with the -b flag to get an exact date and time in your terminal. You don’t… Read more