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8.Vx
9.Vx
10.Dd
11.Dt LASTCOMM 1
12.Os BSD 3.0
13.Sh NAME
14.Nm lastcomm
15.Nd show last commands executed in reverse order
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Nm lastcomm
18.Op Fl f Ar file
19.Op Ar command \&...
20.Op Ar user \&...
21.Op Ar terminal \&...
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23.Nm Lastcomm
24gives information on previously executed commands.
25With no arguments,
26.Nm lastcomm
27prints information about all the commands recorded
28during the current accounting file's lifetime.
29.Pp
30Option:
31.Pp
32.Tw Fl
33.Tp Cx Fl f
34.Ws
35.Ar file
36.Cx
37Read from
38.Ar file
39rather than the default
40accounting file.
41.Tp
42.Pp
43If called with arguments, only accounting entries with a
44matching
45.Ar command
46name,
47.Ar user
48name,
49or
50.Ar terminal
51name
52are printed.
53So, for example:
54.Pp
55.Dl lastcomm a.out root ttyd0
56.Pp
57would produce a listing of all the
58executions of commands named
59.Pa a.out
60by user
61.Ar root
62on the terminal
63.Ar ttyd0  .
64.Pp
65For each process entry, the following are printed.
66.Pp
67.Ds I
68The name of the user who ran the process.
69Flags, as accumulated by the accounting facilities in the system.
70The command name under which the process was called.
71The amount of cpu time used by the process (in seconds).
72The time the process exited.
73.De
74.Pp
75The flags are encoded as follows: ``S'' indicates the command was
76executed by the super-user, ``F'' indicates the command ran after
77a fork, but without a following
78.Xr exec ,
79``C'' indicates the command was run in PDP-11 compatibility mode
80(VAX only),
81``D'' indicates the command terminated with the generation of a
82.Pa core
83file, and ``X'' indicates the command was terminated with a signal.
84.Sh FILES
85.Dw /var/account/acct
86.Di L
87.Dp Pa /var/account/acct
88.Dp
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr last 1 ,
91.Xr sigvec 2 ,
92.Xr acct 5 ,
93.Xr core 5
94.Sh HISTORY
95.Nm Lastcomm
96appeared in 3 BSD.
97