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# 1  
Old 06-19-2013
Last command for two days
Dear Expert,

I'm using RED Hat Linux AS 5, Can you please help me to view the last 2 days logins to server using "last" command.

Thank you,
Fareed.
# 2  
Old 06-19-2013
As there's no option to last that could specify the period you desire, you need to filter the entire output using e.g. awk or grep. As the time format is locale dependent, it's even more difficult to deal with it in general than it is to deal with time differences. If your date command allows for it, try creating a time string for -2days and use that in awk.
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Old 06-19-2013
Thank you very much for the update, I don't know much about with date and awk ..can you please help me to write this script.

Thank you,
Fareed.
# 4  
Old 06-19-2013
Try sth in this direction and juggle around with the parameters to date:
Code:
last | grep "$(LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 date -d"-1day"|awk '{print $1,$2,$3}')"
user1  pts/2        :0               Tue Jun 18 09:43 - 17:13  (07:29)    
user1  pts/1        :0               Tue Jun 18 09:43 - 17:13  (07:30)    
user1  pts/0        :0               Tue Jun 18 09:43 - 17:13  (07:30)    
user2  tty6                          Tue Jun 18 08:57 - down   (08:17)    
reboot system boot  3.8.0-25-generic Tue Jun 18 08:57 - 17:14  (08:17)

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# 5  
Old 06-23-2013
Thank you very much.

I tried the given command its only returning one day login output, but my business requirement is get last three days login report daily via email.

Please help me in this seems we are very close to the target.

Thank once again.

Fareed.
# 6  
Old 06-23-2013
As I said, above is not a perfect answer but a starting point, so play around with the parameters. Which means: experiment yourself to establish the solution that fits your needs. As a last resort, run that command twice or thrice with different date values.
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