Linux hwclock Command

What is Linux hwclock Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use hwclock command in Linux. hwclock command is hwclock - time clocks utility.

hwclock Syntax#

hwclock [function] [option...]

hwclock Examples#

hwclock Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of hwclock command. hwclock command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for hwclock command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man hwclock

To open info page for hwclock command we can use command below.

info hwclock

To open help page from hwclock command we can run command below.

hwclock --help

Linux hwclock Command Source Code#

You can find hwclock command source code from the folowing repositories:

• hwclock source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use hwclock in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.