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 User Commands                                             last(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      last - display login and logout information about users  and
      terminals
 


SYNOPSIS
      last [ -a ]  [ -n number | -number ]   [  -f filename  ]   [
      name | tty ]  ...
 


DESCRIPTION
      The last command looks in  the  /var/adm/wtmpx  file,  which
      records  all  logins  and  logouts,  for information about a
      user, a terminal, or any group of users and terminals. Argu-
      ments  specify  names  of users or terminals of interest. If
      multiple arguments are given, the information applicable  to
      any of the arguments is printed. For example, last root con-
      sole lists all of root's sessions, as well as  all  sessions
      on  the  console terminal. last displays the sessions of the
      specified users and terminals, most recent first, indicating
      the  times  at  which the session began, the duration of the
      session, and the terminal on which the session  took  place.
      last also indicates whether the session is continuing or was
      cut short by a reboot.
 
      The pseudo-user reboot logs  in  when  the  system  reboots.
      Thus,
 
           last reboot
 
 
      will give an indication of mean time between reboots.
 
      last with no arguments displays a record of all  logins  and
      logouts, in reverse order.
 
      If last is interrupted, it indicates how far the search  has
      progressed  in  /var/adm/wtmpx.  If  interrupted with a quit
      signal (generated by a CTRL-\), last indicates how  far  the
      search has progressed, and then continues the search.
 


OPTIONS
      The following options are supported:
 
      -a    Displays the hostname in the last column.
 
      -f filename
            Uses filename as  the  name  of  the  accounting  file
            instead of /var/adm/wtmpx.
 
      -n number|-number
            Limits the number of entries displayed to that  speci-
            fied  by  number.  These options are identical; the  -
            number option is provided as a  transition  tool  only
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Aug 1999                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 User Commands                                             last(1)
 
 
 
            and will be removed in future releases.
 
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
      Date and time format is based on  locale  specified  by  the
      LC_ALL,  LC_TIME,  or  LANG  environments,  in that order of
      priority.
 


FILES
      /var/adm/wtmpx
            accounting file
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWesu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      utmpx(4), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Aug 1999                    2
 
 
 

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