.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\" @(#)last.1 6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
.Nd indicate last logins of users and ttys
will list the sessions of specified
in reverse time order. Each line of output contains
the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration
of the session. If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
option limits the report to
Tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, e.g., ``last -t 03'' is
equivalent to ``last -t tty03''.
names may be names or internet numbers.
multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of the
arguments is printed, e.g., ``last root -t console'' would list all of
``root's'' sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal. If no
users, hostnames or terminals are specified,
logs in at reboots of the system, thus
``last reboot'' will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
progressed. If interrupted with a quit signal .Nm last
far the search has progressed and then continues.
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