Name

last — stdin  stdout  - file  -- opt  --help  --version

Synopsis

last [options] [users]

The last command displays a history of logins, in reverse chronological order.

➜ last
dan  ttys003  example.com  Mon Sep 8 21:07 - 21:08 (00:01)
lisa console               Mon Sep 8 20:25 - 20:56 (00:31)
dan  ttys001  example.com  Sun Sep 7 22:19 still logged in
...

You may provide usernames or tty names to limit the output.

Useful options

-N

Print only the latest N lines of output, where N is a positive integer.

-t tty

Print entries only for the given tty name, such as ttys001.

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