1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)last.1 6.7 (Berkeley) 03/14/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Dt LAST 1 12.Os BSD 4 13.Sh NAME 14.Nm last 15.Nd indicate last logins of users and ttys 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm last 18.Oo 19.Op Fl Ar \&# 20.Oo 21.Op Fl f Ar file 22.Op Fl h Ar host 23.Op Fl t Ar tty 24.Op user ... 25.Sh DESCRIPTION 26.Nm Last 27will list the sessions of specified 28.Ar users , 29.Ar ttys , 30and 31.Ar hosts , 32in reverse time order. Each line of output contains 33the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any 34hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration 35of the session. If the session is still continuing or was cut short by 36a crash or shutdown, 37.Nm last 38will so indicate. 39.Pp 40.Tw Fl 41.Tc Fl f 42.Ws 43.Ar file 44.Cx 45.Nm Last 46reads the file 47.Ar file 48instead of the default, 49.Pa /var/log/wtmp . 50.Tc Fl 51.Ar \&# 52.Cx 53option limits the report to 54.Ar \&# 55lines. 56.Tc Fl t 57.Ws 58.Ar tty 59.Cx 60Specify the 61.Ar tty . 62Tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, e.g., ``last -t 03'' is 63equivalent to ``last -t tty03''. 64.Tc Fl h 65.Ws 66.Ar host 67.Cx 68.Ar Host 69names may be names or internet numbers. 70.Tp 71.Pp 72If 73multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of the 74arguments is printed, e.g., ``last root -t console'' would list all of 75``root's'' sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal. If no 76users, hostnames or terminals are specified, 77.Nm last 78prints a record of 79all logins and logouts. 80.Pp 81The pseudo-user 82.Ar reboot 83logs in at reboots of the system, thus 84``last reboot'' will give an indication of mean time between reboot. 85.Pp 86If 87.Nm last 88is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has 89progressed. If interrupted with a quit signal 90.Nm last 91indicates how 92far the search has progressed and then continues. 93.Sh FILES 94.Dw /var/log/wtmp 95.Di L 96.Dp Pa /var/log/wtmp 97login data base 98.Dp 99.Sh SEE ALSO 100.Xr lastcomm 1 , 101.Xr utmp 5 , 102.Xr ac 8 103.Sh HISTORY 104.Nm Last 105appeared in 3 BSD. 106