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                     36: .Dd June 6, 1993
                     37: .Dt LAST 1
                     38: .Os BSD 4
                     39: .Sh NAME
                     40: .Nm last
                     41: .Nd indicate last logins of users and ttys
                     42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     43: .Nm last
                     44: .Op Fl Ns Ar n
                     45: .Op Fl f Ar file
                     46: .Op Fl h Ar host
                     47: .Op Fl t Ar tty
                     48: .Op user ...
                     49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     50: .Nm Last
                     51: will list the sessions of specified
                     52: .Ar users ,
                     53: .Ar ttys ,
                     54: and
                     55: .Ar hosts ,
                     56: in reverse time order.  Each line of output contains
                     57: the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
                     58: hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration
                     59: of the session.  If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
                     60: a crash or shutdown,
                     61: .Nm last
                     62: will so indicate.
                     63: .Pp
                     64: .Bl -tag -width indent-two
                     65: .It Fl f Ar file
                     66: .Nm Last
                     67: reads the file
                     68: .Ar file
                     69: instead of the default,
                     70: .Pa /var/log/wtmp .
                     71: .It Fl Ar n
                     72: Limits the report to
                     73: .Ar n
                     74: lines.
                     75: .It Fl t Ar tty
                     76: Specify the
                     77: .Ar tty .
                     78: Tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, for example,
                     79: .Dq Li "last -t 03"
                     80: is
                     81: equivalent to
                     82: .Dq Li "last -t tty03" .
                     83: .It Fl h Ar host
                     84: .Ar Host
                     85: names may be names or internet numbers.
                     86: .El
                     87: .Pp
                     88: If
                     89: multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of the
                     90: arguments is printed, e.g.,
                     91: .Dq Li "last root -t console"
                     92: would list all of
                     93: .Dq Li root Ns 's
                     94: sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal. If no
                     95: users, hostnames or terminals are specified,
                     96: .Nm last
                     97: prints a record of
                     98: all logins and logouts.
                     99: .Pp
                    100: The pseudo-user
                    101: .Ar reboot
                    102: logs in at reboots of the system, thus
                    103: .Dq Li last reboot
                    104: will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
                    105: .Pp
                    106: If
                    107: .Nm last
                    108: is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
                    109: progressed.  If interrupted with a quit signal
                    110: .Nm last
                    111: indicates how
                    112: far the search has progressed and then continues.
                    113: .Sh FILES
                    114: .Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp -compact
                    115: .It Pa /var/log/wtmp
                    116: login data base
                    117: .El
                    118: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    119: .Xr lastcomm 1 ,
                    120: .Xr utmp 5 ,
                    121: .Xr ac 8
                    122: .Sh HISTORY
                    123: .Nm Last
                    124: appeared in
                    125: .Bx 3.0 .