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1.1     ! root        1: .TH LAST 1 "1 April 1981"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: last \- indicate last logins of users and teletypes
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B last
        !             7: [
        !             8: \-N
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: name ...
        !            12: ] [
        !            13: tty ...
        !            14: ]
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Last
        !            17: will look back in the
        !            18: .I wtmp
        !            19: file which records all logins and logouts for information about
        !            20: a user, a teletype or any group of users and teletypes.
        !            21: Arguments specify names of users or teletypes of interest.
        !            22: Names of teletypes may be given fully or abbreviated.
        !            23: For example `last 0' is the same as `last tty0'.
        !            24: If multiple arguments are given, the information which applies
        !            25: to any of the arguments is printed.  For example `last root console'
        !            26: would list all of "root's" sessions as well as all sessions
        !            27: on the console terminal.
        !            28: .I Last
        !            29: will print the sessions of the specified users and teletypes,
        !            30: most recent first, indicating the times at which the session
        !            31: began, the duration of the session, and the teletype which the
        !            32: session took place on.
        !            33: If the session is still continuing or was cut short by a reboot,
        !            34: .I last
        !            35: so indicates.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: The pseudo-user
        !            38: .B reboot
        !            39: logs in at reboots of the system, thus
        !            40: .DT
        !            41: .PP
        !            42:        last reboot
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: .I Last
        !            47: with no arguments prints a record of all logins and logouts, in
        !            48: reverse order.
        !            49: The
        !            50: .B \-N
        !            51: option limits the report to N lines.
        !            52: .PP
        !            53: If
        !            54: .I last
        !            55: is interrupted, it indicates how far the search has progressed
        !            56: in
        !            57: .I wtmp.
        !            58: If interrupted with a quit signal
        !            59: (generated by a control-\e)
        !            60: .I last
        !            61: indicates how far the search has progressed so far, and the
        !            62: search continues.
        !            63: .SH FILES
        !            64: /usr/adm/wtmp          login data base
        !            65: .br
        !            66: /usr/adm/shutdownlog   which records shutdowns and reasons for same
        !            67: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !            68: wtmp(5), ac(8), lastcomm(1)
        !            69: .SH AUTHOR
        !            70: Howard Katseff

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