| .TH LAST 1 "20 March 1992" |
| .SH NAME |
| last \(em indicate last logins by user or terminal |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .ad l |
| .B last |
| .RB [ \-\fP\fInumber\fP ] |
| .RB [ \-f |
| .IR filename ] |
| .RB [ \-t |
| .IR tty ] |
| .RB [ \-h |
| .IR hostname ] |
| .RB [ \-i |
| .IR address ] |
| .RB [ \-l ] |
| .RB [ \-y ] |
| .RI [ name ...] |
| .ad b |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| \fBLast\fP looks back in the \fBwtmp\fP file which records all logins |
| and logouts for information about a user, a teletype or any group of |
| users and teletypes. Arguments specify names of users or teletypes of |
| interest. If multiple arguments are given, the information which |
| applies to any of the arguments is printed. For example ``\fBlast root |
| console\fP'' would list all of root's sessions as well as all sessions |
| on the console terminal. \fBLast\fP displays the sessions of the |
| specified users and teletypes, most recent first, indicating the times |
| at which the session began, the duration of the session, and the |
| teletype which the session took place on. If the session is still |
| continuing or was cut short by a reboot, \fBlast\fP so indicates. |
| .LP |
| The pseudo-user \fBreboot\fP logs in at reboots of the system. |
| .LP |
| \fBLast\fP with no arguments displays a record of all logins and |
| logouts, in reverse order. |
| .LP |
| If \fBlast\fP is interrupted, it indicates how far the search has |
| progressed in \fBwtmp\fP. If interrupted with a quit signal \fBlast\fP |
| indicates how far the search has progressed so far, and the search |
| continues. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .IP \fB\-\fP\fInumber\fP |
| limit the number of entries displayed to that specified by \fInumber\fP. |
| .IP "\fB\-f\fP \fIfilename\fP" |
| Use \fIfilename\fP as the name of the accounting file instead of |
| .BR /var/log/wtmp . |
| .IP "\fB\-h\fP \fIhostname\fP" |
| List only logins from \fIhostname\fP. |
| .IP "\fB\-i\fP \fIIP address\fP" |
| List only logins from \fIIP address\fP. |
| .IP "\fB\-l\fP" |
| List IP addresses of remote hosts instead of truncated host names. |
| .IP "\fB\-t\fP \fItty\fP" |
| List only logins on \fItty\fP. |
| .IP "\fB\-y\fP" |
| Also report year of dates. |
| .SH FILES |
| /var/log/wtmp \(em login data base |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| The last command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |
