.TH LAST 1

.SH NAME

last, uptime \- display recent on-line session records, show uptime

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBlast\fR [\fB\-f \fIfile\fR]\fR [\fB\-r\fR] [\fB\-\fIn\fR] [\fIname\fR] [\fItty\fR] ...\fR

.br

\fBuptime\fR

.br

.de FL

.TP

\\fB\\$1\\fR

\\$2

..

.de EX

.TP 20

\\fB\\$1\\fR

# \\$2

..

.SH OPTIONS

.FL "\-f" "Use \fIfile\fR instead of /usr/adm/wtmp"

.FL "\-r" "Search backwards only to last reboot"

.FL "\-u" "Print uptime since last reboot"

.FL "\-\fIn\fP" "Print a maximum of \fIn\fR lines"

.SH EXAMPLES

.EX "last reboot" "When was the system last rebooted?"

.EX "last ast" "When was the last login for ast?"

.EX "last \-10 tty00 tty01" "Display last 10 logins on tty00 or tty01"

.EX "uptime" "Display uptime (likewise \fBlast \-u\fR)"

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

.I Last

Searches backward through the login administration file (default is

\fI/usr/adm/wtmp\fR), printing information about previous logins and

reboots.

During a long search, the SIGQUIT signal (CTRL-\\) causes \fIlast\fR to

display how far back it has gone; it then continues.

.PP

.IR Uptime ,

an alias for

.IR "last \-u" ,

displays the time the system is running since the last reboot.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR who (1),

.BR utmp (5).