tldr/pages/linux/last.md

last

View the last logged in users. More information: https://manned.org/last.

• View last login infromation (e.g., username, terminal, boot time, kernel) of all users as read from /var/log/wtmp:

last

• List login information of a specific user:

last {{username}}

• Specify how many of the last logins to show:

last {{[-n|--limit]}} {{login_count}}

• Print the full date and time for entries and then display the hostname column last to prevent truncation:

last {{[-F|--fulltimes]}} {{[-a|--hostlast]}}

• View all logins by a specific user and show the IP address instead of the hostname:

last {{username}} {{[-i|--ip]}}

• List information since a specific time and date:

last {{[-s|--since]}} {{-7days}}

• View all recorded reboots (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user "reboot"):

last reboot

• Display help:

last {{[-h|--help]}}