hacks:appx-uptime.py
appx-uptime.py
Original script
Figure out the approximate uptime of a Linux host in plain English without crazy libraries.
#!/usr/bin/env python # # appx-uptime.py - a silly script to figure out plain English uptime # # Copyright (c) 2015 Gabriel M. O'Brien # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN # THE SOFTWARE. # from datetime import datetime, timedelta with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f: uptime_sec = int(float(f.readline().split()[0])) f.close() # convert to human time uptime_min = uptime_sec / 60 uptime_hour = uptime_min / 60 dd = uptime_hour / 24 # calculate remainders mm = uptime_min % 60 mm = mm - mm % 10 hh = uptime_hour % 24 # set units string d_str = "day" h_str = "hour" m_str = "minutes" # pluralize units if required if dd != 1: d_str = d_str + "s" if hh != 1: h_str = h_str + "s" # print nice old time string based on case if dd == 0: if hh == 0: if mm == 0: print "a few minutes" else: print("about %s %s" % (mm, m_str)) else: if mm == 0: print("about %s %s" % (hh, h_str)) else: print("about %s %s and %s %s" % (hh, h_str, mm, m_str)) else: if hh == 0: if mm == 0: print("about %s %s" % (dd, d_str)) else: print("about %s %s and %s %s" % (dd, d_str, mm, m_str)) else: if mm == 0: print("about %s %s and %s %s" % (dd, d_str, hh, h_str)) else: print("about %s %s, %s %s, and %s %s" % (dd, d_str, hh, h_str, mm, m_str))
hacks/appx-uptime.py.txt · Last modified: 2019-08-10 14:54 by gabriel