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32.Dd September 11, 2019
33.Dt LAST 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm last
37.Nd indicate last logins of users and ttys
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl Ns Ar n
41.Op Fl T
42.Op Fl f Ar file
43.Op Fl h Ar host
44.Op Fl H Ar hostsize
45.Op Fl L Ar linesize
46.Op Fl N Ar namesize
47.Op Fl t Ar tty
48.Op user ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Nm
51will list the sessions of specified
52.Ar users ,
53.Ar ttys ,
54and
55.Ar hosts ,
56in reverse time order.
57Each line of output contains
58the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
59hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration
60of the session.
61If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
62a crash or shutdown,
63.Nm
64will so indicate.
65.Bl -tag -width indent-two
66.It Fl Ar n
67Limits the report to
68.Ar n
69lines.
70.It Fl f Ar file
71.Nm
72reads the file
73.Ar file
74instead of the default,
75.Pa /var/log/wtmpx .
76Former
77.Pa /var/log/wtmp
78format files can be converted using
79.Xr wtmpcvt 1 .
80.It Fl h Ar host
81.Ar Host
82names may be names or internet numbers.
83.It Fl H Ar hostsize
84Use the provided hostsize as the width to format the host name field.
85.It Fl L Ar linesize
86Use the provided linesize as the width to format the tty field.
87.It Fl N Ar namesize
88Use the provided namesize as the width to format the login name field.
89.It Fl t Ar tty
90Specify the
91.Ar tty .
92Tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, for example,
93.Dq Li "last -t 03"
94is
95equivalent to
96.Dq Li "last -t tty03" .
97.It Fl T
98Display better time information, including the year and seconds.
99.El
100.Pp
101If
102multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of the
103arguments is printed, e.g.,
104.Dq Li "last root -t console"
105would list all of
106.Dq Li root Ns 's
107sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal.
108If no users, hostnames or terminals are specified,
109.Nm
110prints a record of
111all logins and logouts.
112.Pp
113The pseudo-user
114.Ar reboot
115logs in at reboots of the system, thus
116.Dq Li last reboot
117will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
118.Pp
119If
120.Nm
121is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
122progressed.
123If interrupted with a quit signal
124.Nm
125indicates how
126far the search has progressed and then continues.
127.Sh FILES
128.Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmpx -compact
129.It Pa /var/log/wtmpx
130default login data base
131.El
132.Sh SEE ALSO
133.Xr lastcomm 1 ,
134.Xr wtmpcvt 1 ,
135.Xr utmpx 5 ,
136.Xr ac 8
137.Sh HISTORY
138.Nm
139appeared in
140.Bx 3.0 .
141