12-03-2001
last -1 <username> will show the last time the user logged in. Is this what you were looking for or is that still too much information?
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Solaris
Hi Friends,
Can any one guide me regarding 'Display the date and time' command other than the command 'date'
thanks n regards
SsRrIi (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: SsRrIi
1 Replies
2. AIX
Hi,
In unix the command "date +%s" displays the date-time in seconds since â00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTCâ (a GNU extension)
when executed on unix:
-sh-2.05b$ date +%s
1152092690
I tried with all the format control output but unable to display the date-time in seconds i,e as in unix format. Can... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: me_haroon
6 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
am trying to 'grep' some text from a log file and use the 'cut' command to read from that line i just grep'ed to extract date/time and response times.
code sniplet i am using is :
grep -i 'text to grep' Out.log |
while read LINE;
do
... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: cesarNZ
11 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need a command that will list all the users and their last login date & time. I was trying the last command and the who command, but can't get exactly what I need.
I just need the output to be user name and last login date .
Thanks for your help! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: igidttam
3 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I want to make a script to write me in a file the date(format 16-12-2008) and hour(format 15:12:21) of the last login in the system; what can i add to the <last> command in order to be suitable? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kalimat
4 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hey folks,
i am stuc in this problem. You all might help me out.
I want to write a BASH script to display time every 15 seconds using %r field descriptor. And want to clear the window each time before displaying time using clear command. Please help me out (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: manojrsb
3 Replies
7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I'm trying to do a list of user that never connected to a couple of servers. I want to do a diff between the servers lists, and print out only the users that never has logged on each server. Here my first step :
SERVER01:
# finger `egrep -v -e "^\s*#" /etc/passwd | awk '{ print $1 }' |... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: gogol_bordello
4 Replies
8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I found via Google a way to show the date and time stamp once I log in. However, whenever I cd to another directory it doesn't display the correct path.
Here are the relevant parts from my .kshrc :
unset _h _m _s
eval $(date "+_h=%H ;_m=%M ;_s=%S")
((SECONDS =... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mike F.
3 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi , I have BASH system & i am trying to display the files created on a particular date and time, and after displaying those files I also want to delete all those files.Can anyone of you help me out for this.............
Thanx
Original post contents restored...
Please do not erase the question... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rakeshtomar82
3 Replies
10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
In gdb is there any way we can display date/time in first column while debugging or is there any command which will print date/time?
I am asking this just to know when exactly a breakpoint got hit. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: rupeshkp728
6 Replies
LAST,LASTB(1) Linux System Administrator's Manual LAST,LASTB(1)
NAME
last, lastb - show listing of last logged in users
SYNOPSIS
last [-R] [-num] [ -n num ] [-adFiowx] [ -f file ] [ -t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS ] [name...] [tty...]
lastb [-R] [-num] [ -n num ] [ -f file ] [-adFiowx] [name...] [tty...]
DESCRIPTION
Last searches back through the file /var/log/wtmp (or the file designated by the -f flag) and displays a list of all users logged in (and
out) since that file was created. Names of users and tty's can be given, in which case last will show only those entries matching the
arguments. Names of ttys can be abbreviated, thus last 0 is the same as last tty0.
When last catches a SIGINT signal (generated by the interrupt key, usually control-C) or a SIGQUIT signal (generated by the quit key, usu-
ally control-), last will show how far it has searched through the file; in the case of the SIGINT signal last will then terminate.
The pseudo user reboot logs in each time the system is rebooted. Thus last reboot will show a log of all reboots since the log file was
created.
Lastb is the same as last, except that by default it shows a log of the file /var/log/btmp, which contains all the bad login attempts.
OPTIONS
-f file
Tells last to use a specific file instead of /var/log/wtmp.
-num This is a count telling last how many lines to show.
-n num The same.
-t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Display the state of logins as of the specified time. This is useful, e.g., to determine easily who was logged in at a particular
time -- specify that time with -t and look for "still logged in".
-f file
Specifies a file to search other than /var/log/wtmp.
-R Suppresses the display of the hostname field.
-a Display the hostname in the last column. Useful in combination with the next flag.
-d For non-local logins, Linux stores not only the host name of the remote host but its IP number as well. This option translates the
IP number back into a hostname.
-F Print full login and logout times and dates.
-i This option is like -d in that it displays the IP number of the remote host, but it displays the IP number in numbers-and-dots nota-
tion.
-o Read an old-type wtmp file (written by linux-libc5 applications).
-w Display full user and domain names in the output.
-x Display the system shutdown entries and run level changes.
NOTES
The files wtmp and btmp might not be found. The system only logs information in these files if they are present. This is a local configura-
tion issue. If you want the files to be used, they can be created with a simple touch(1) command (for example, touch /var/log/wtmp).
FILES
/var/log/wtmp
/var/log/btmp
AUTHOR
Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
SEE ALSO
shutdown(8), login(1), init(8)
Jul 31, 2004 LAST,LASTB(1)