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LAST(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   LAST(1)

NAME
       last - display recent on-line session records

SYNOPSIS
       last [-f file] [-r] [-n] [name] [tty] ...

OPTIONS
       -f     Use file instead of /usr/adm/wtmp

       -r     Search backwards only to last reboot

       -n     Print a maximum of n lines

EXAMPLES
       last reboot	   # When was the system last rebooted?

       last ast 	   # When was the last login for ast?

       last -10 tty00 tty01
			   # Display last 10 logins on tty00 or tty01

DESCRIPTION
       Last  Searches  backward  through  the login administration file (default is /usr/adm/wtmp), printing information about previous logins and
       reboots.  During a long search, the SIGQUIT signal (CTRL-) causes last to display how far back it has gone; it then continues.

SEE ALSO
       login(1).

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