Name
last
Synopsis
last [options
] [username
] [ttynumber
]
Display a list of the most recent logins, taken from the file /var/log/wtmp by default. If you specify a tty number or username, the output will display only the logins for that user or terminal.
Options
- -n number, - number
Choose how many lines of logins to display. Thus, last -7 or last -n 7 displays seven lines.
- -R
Do not show the hostname from which logins originated.
- -a
Display the hostname from which logins originated.
- -d
Display both IP address and hostname.
- -f filename
Get the list of logins from a file you choose. The default source is /var/log/wtmp.
- -i
Display IP address and hostname. Display the IP address in the numbers-and-dots notation.
- -o
Read an old-style (libc5 application) wtmp file. Not likely to be useful on newer systems.
- -x
Display shutdown messages and runlevel messages.
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