NAME
last
—
indicate last logins of users and
ttys
SYNOPSIS
last |
[- n]
[-h host]
[-t tty] [user ...] |
DESCRIPTION
Last
will list the sessions of specified
users, ttys, and
hosts, in reverse time order. Each line of output
contains the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration of the
session. If the session is still continuing or was cut short by a crash or
shutdown, last
will so indicate.
-
n- Limits the report to n lines.
-h
host- Host names may be names or internet numbers.
-t
tty- Specify the tty. Tty names may be given fully or
abbreviated, for example, “
last -t 03
” is equivalent to “last -t tty03
”.
If multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to
any of the arguments is printed, e.g., “last root -t
console
” would list all of
“root
's” sessions as well as all
sessions on the console terminal. If no users, hostnames or terminals are
specified, last
prints a record of all logins and
logouts.
The pseudo-user reboot logs in at reboots of
the system, thus “last reboot
” will
give an indication of mean time between reboot.
If last
is interrupted, it indicates to
what date the search has progressed. If interrupted with a quit signal
last
indicates how far the search has progressed and
then continues.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
Last
appeared in
3.0BSD.