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last

View the last logged in users. More information: https://manned.org/last.
  • View last logins, their duration and other information as read from /var/log/wtmp:
    last
  • Specify how many of the last logins to show:
    last -n {{login_count}}
  • Print the full date and time for entries and then display the hostname column last to prevent truncation:
    last -F -a
  • View all logins by a specific user and show the IP address instead of the hostname:
    last {{username}} -i
  • View all recorded reboots (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user "reboot"):
    last reboot
  • View all recorded shutdowns (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user "shutdown"):
    last shutdown

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