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LAST(1)                DragonFly General Commands Manual               LAST(1)


NAME

     last - indicate last logins of users and ttys


SYNOPSIS

     last [-n] [-T] [-f file] [-h host] [-H hostsize] [-L linesize]
          [-N namesize] [-t tty] [user ...]


DESCRIPTION

     last will list the sessions of specified users, ttys, and hosts, in
     reverse time order.  Each line of output contains the user name, the tty
     from which the session was conducted, any hostname, the start and stop
     times for the session, and the duration of the session.  If the session
     is still continuing or was cut short by a crash or shutdown, last will so
     indicate.

     -n          Limits the report to n lines.

     -f file     last reads the file file instead of the default,
                 /var/log/wtmpx.  Former /var/log/wtmp format files can be
                 converted using wtmpcvt(1).

     -h host     Host names may be names or internet numbers.

     -H hostsize
                 Use the provided hostsize as the width to format the host
                 name field.

     -L linesize
                 Use the provided linesize as the width to format the tty
                 field.

     -N namesize
                 Use the provided namesize as the width to format the login
                 name field.

     -t tty      Specify the tty.  Tty names may be given fully or
                 abbreviated, for example, "last -t 03" is equivalent to "last
                 -t tty03".

     -T          Display better time information, including the year and
                 seconds.

     If multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of
     the arguments is printed, e.g., "last root -t console" would list all of
     "root's" sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal.  If no
     users, hostnames or terminals are specified, last prints a record of all
     logins and logouts.

     The pseudo-user reboot logs in at reboots of the system, thus "last
     reboot" will give an indication of mean time between reboot.

     If last is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
     progressed.  If interrupted with a quit signal last indicates how far the
     search has progressed and then continues.


FILES

     /var/log/wtmpx  default login data base


SEE ALSO

     lastcomm(1), wtmpcvt(1), utmpx(5), ac(8)


HISTORY

     last appeared in 3.0BSD.

DragonFly 5.7-DEVELOPMENT     September 11, 2019     DragonFly 5.7-DEVELOPMENT

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