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LASTLOGIN(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					      LASTLOGIN(8)

NAME
lastlogin -- indicate last login time of users SYNOPSIS
lastlogin [-f file] [-rt] [user ...] DESCRIPTION
The lastlogin utility will list the last login session of each specified user, or for all users by default. Each line of output contains the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any hostname, and the start time for the session. If more than one user is given, the session information for each user is printed in the order given on the command line. Otherwise, informa- tion for all users is printed. By default, the entries are sorted by user name. The lastlogin utility differs from last(1) in that it only prints information regarding the very last login session. The last login database is never turned over or deleted in standard usage. The following options are available: -f file Open last login database file instead of the system-wide database. -r Print the entries in reverse sorted order. -t Sort the elements by last login time, instead of user name. FILES
/var/log/utx.lastlogin last login database SEE ALSO
last(1), getutxent(3), ac(8) AUTHORS
John M. Vinopal wrote this program in January 1996 and contributed it to the NetBSD project. BSD
June 6, 2011 BSD

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LASTLOGIN(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					      LASTLOGIN(8)

NAME
lastlogin -- indicate last login time of users SYNOPSIS
lastlogin [-nrt] [-f filename] [-H hostsize] [-L linesize] [-N namesize] [user ...] DESCRIPTION
lastlogin will list the last login session of specified users, or for all users by default. Each line of output contains the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any hostname, and the start time for the session. If multiple users are given, the session information for each user is printed in the order given on the command line. Otherwise, information for all users is printed, sorted by uid. lastlogin differs from last(1) in that it only prints information regarding the very last login session. The last login database is never turned over or deleted in standard usage. The following options are available: -f filename Process input from filename. If the file ends with an ``x'', then it is assumed that it is a lastlogx(5) file, else it is assumed to be a lastlog(5) file. -H hostlen Set the field width for host output to hostlen characters. -L linelen Set the field width for line output to linelen characters. -N namelen Set the field width for name output to namelen characters. -n Attempt to print numeric host addresses. This option is only supported with lastlogx(5) format files. -r Reverse the order of the sort. -t Sort by last login time (most recent first.) FILES
/var/log/lastlogx default last login database /var/log/lastlog compatibility last login database EXAMPLES
lastlogin looks by default to the /var/log/lastlogx database, where some old programs that are not utmpx(5) aware might only write to /var/log/lastlog. To look at the old database one can use: lastlogin -f /var/log/lastlog SEE ALSO
last(1), lastlog(5), lastlogx(5), ac(8) AUTHORS
John M. Vinopal wrote this program in January 1996 and contributed it to the NetBSD project. BSD
March 4, 2005 BSD
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