The following commands are understood:
last [option...] [username...] [tty...]
wtmpdblast goes through the /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db database (or the database designated by the -f
option) and displays a list of of all users logged in and logged out. The output can be restricted to
different patterns via various options. If one or more usernames and/or ttys are given wtmpdblast
will only show the entries matching those arguments.
The login and logout times of the special user reboot are the boot and shutdown times of the system.
-a,--hostlast
Display hostnames in the last column.
-d,--dns
Translate IP addresses into a hostname.
-f,--fileFILE
Use FILE as wtmpdb database.
-F,--fulltimes
Display full times and dates.
-i,--ip
Translate hostnames to IP addresses.
-n,--limitN, -N
Display only the first N entries.
-p,--presentTIME
Display who was present at TIME.
-R,--nohostname
Don't display any hostname or IP address.
-S,--service
Display PAM service used to login.
-s,--sinceTIME
Print only records more recent than TIME.
-t,--untilTIME
Print only records until TIME.
-w,--fullnames
Display full IP addresses and user and domain names.
-x,--system
Display system shutdown entries.
--time-formatFORMAT
Display timestamps in the specified FORMAT. The format can be notime, short, full, or iso.
notime will not display times at all, short is the default option, full will display the full
times and dates, and iso will display times in ISO-8601 format.
TIME must be in the format "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS", "YYYY-MM-DDHH:MM:SS", "YYYY-MM-DDHH:MM", "YYYY-MM-DD",
"HH:MM:SS", "HH:MM", "now", "today", "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (time will be set to 00:00:00 if not
specified; the date to today's).
boot [option...]
wtmpdbboot writes system boot times to the /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db database.
-f,--fileFILE
Use FILE as wtmpdb database.
-q,--quiet
Don't print informative messages.
shutdown [option...]
wtmpdbshutdown writes system shutdown requests to the /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db database.
-f,--fileFILE
Use FILE as wtmpdb database.
rotate [option...]
wtmpdbrotate exports old log entries to the /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp_yyyymmmdd.db database and removes
these entries from the original one.
-f,--fileFILE
Use FILE as wtmpdb database. The exported DB file will be on the same location.
-d,--daysDAYS
Entries will be exported which are older than DAYS days. Default is 60 days.
import [option...] file...
wtmpdbimport imports legacy wtmp log files to the /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db database.
-f,--fileFILE
Use FILE as wtmpdb database.
global options
-h,--help
Display help message and exit.
-v,--version
Print version number and exit.