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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)last.1      6.3 (Berkeley) 9/10/87
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH LAST 1 "September 10, 1987"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: last \- indicate last logins of users and ttys
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: \fBlast\fP [-#] [-f file] [-h host] [-t tty] [user ...]
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: \fILast\fP will list the sessions of specified \fIusers,\fP \fIttys,\fP
                     15: and \fIhosts,\fP in reverse time order.  Each line of output contains
                     16: the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
                     17: hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration
                     18: of the session.  If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
                     19: a crash or shutdown, \fIlast\fP will so indicate.
                     20: .PP
                     21: \fILast\fP reads the file \fIfile\fP, or by default, \fI/usr/adm/wtmp\fP.
                     22: The \fB-#\fP option limits the report to \fB#\fP lines.
                     23: .PP
                     24: Other arguments specify \fIusers,\fP \fIttys\fP or \fIhosts\fP of interest.
                     25: Tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, e.g., ``last -t 03'' is
                     26: equivalent to ``last -t tty03''.  Host names may be internet numbers.  If
                     27: multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of the
                     28: arguments is printed, e.g., ``last root -t console'' would list all of
                     29: ``root's'' sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal. If no
                     30: users, hostnames or terminals are specified, \fIlast\fP prints a record of
                     31: all logins and logouts.
                     32: .PP
                     33: The pseudo-user \fBreboot\fP logs in at reboots of the system, thus
                     34: ``last reboot'' will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
                     35: .PP
                     36: If \fIlast\fP is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
                     37: progressed.  If interrupted with a quit signal \fIlast\fP indicates how
                     38: far the search has progressed and then continues.
                     39: .SH FILES
                     40: /usr/adm/wtmp          login data base
                     41: .br
                     42: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     43: lastcomm(1), utmp(5), ac(8)

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