last(1)                  USER COMMANDS                    last(1)



NAME
     last - indicate last user or terminal logins

SYNOPSIS
     last [ -n number | -number ] [ -f filename ]  [  name|tty  ]
     ...

DESCRIPTION
     The last command looks  in  the  /var/adm/wtmp,  file  which
     records  all  logins  and  logouts,  for information about a
     user, a terminal or any group of users and terminals.  Argu-
     ments  specify  names  of  users  or  terminals of interest.
     Names of terminals may be given fully or  abbreviated.   For
     example  last  10  is the same as last term/10.  If multiple
     arguments are given, the information which applies to any of
     the  arguments  is  printed.   For example last root console
     lists all of root's sessions as well as all sessions on  the
     console  terminal.  last displays the sessions of the speci-
     fied users and terminals, most recent first, indicating  the
     times  at  which the session began, the duration of the ses-
     sion, and the terminal which the session took place on.   If
     the  session  is  still  continuing  or  was  cut short by a
     reboot, last so indicates.  The pseudo-user reboot  logs  in
     at reboots of the system, thus

          last reboot  will  give  an  indication  of  mean  time
          between  reboot.   last  with  no  arguments displays a
          record of all logins and logouts, in reverse order.  If
          last  is  interrupted,  it indicates how far the search
          has progressed in /var/adm/wtmp.  If interrupted with a
          quit  signal (generated by a CTRL-\) last indicates how
          far the search has progressed so far,  and  the  search
          continues.  The following options are available:

     -n number|-number
                   Limit the number of entries displayed to  that
                   specified by number.  These options are ident-
                   ical; the -number  option  is  provided  as  a
                   transition  tool  only  and will be removed in
                   future releases.

     -f filename   Use filename as the  name  of  the  accounting
                   file instead of /var/adm/wtmp.

FILES
     /var/adm/wtmp       accounting file

SEE ALSO
     utmp(4) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.






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