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Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils/last.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/last.1 | 38 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/last.1 b/login-utils/last.1 index 8eb5b82f9..de818105d 100644 --- a/login-utils/last.1 +++ b/login-utils/last.1 @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ last, lastb \- show listing of last logged in users .SH SYNOPSIS .B last .RI [ options ] -.RI [ username... ] -.RI [ tty... ] +.RI [ username ...] +.RI [ tty ...] .br .B lastb .RI [ options ] -.RI [ username... ] -.RI [ tty... ] +.RI [ username ...] +.RI [ tty ...] .SH DESCRIPTION .B last searches back through the file @@ -34,22 +34,18 @@ searches back through the file (or the file designated by the .B \-f option) and displays a list of all users logged in (and out) since that -file was created. -.I Names -of users and -.IR tty 's +file was created. One or more +.IR usernames " and/or " ttys can be given, in which case .B last -will show only those entries matching the arguments. Names of +will show only the entries matching those arguments. Names of .I ttys can be abbreviated, thus .B last 0 is the same as .BR "last tty0" . .PP -When -.B last -catches a \s-2SIGINT\s0 signal (generated by the interrupt key, usually +When catching a \s-2SIGINT\s0 signal (generated by the interrupt key, usually control-C) or a \s-2SIGQUIT\s0 signal, .B last will show how far it has searched through the file; in the case of the @@ -74,11 +70,11 @@ which contains all the bad login attempts. \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR \fIfile\fR Tell .B last -to use a specific file instead of +to use a specific \fIfile\fR instead of .BR /var/log/wtmp . The -.BI \-\-file " file" -can be specified multiple times, and all of the defined files will be +.B \-\-file +option can be given multiple times, and all of the specified files will be processed. .TP \fB\-\fInumber\fR @@ -100,10 +96,10 @@ Display the state of logins until the specified .IR time . .TP \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-present\fR \fItime\fR -Display users who were present at the specified time. This option is -similar with -.BR \-\-since " and " \-\-until , -without printing any other lines than the matching sessions. +Display the users who were present at the specified time. This is +like using the options +.BR \-\-since " and " \-\-until +together with the same \fItime\fR. .TP \fB\-\-time\-format\fR \fIformat\fR Define output timestamp @@ -155,9 +151,9 @@ Display full user and domain names in the output. \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-system\fR Display the system shutdown entries and run level changes. .SH TIME FORMATS -The options that take +The options that take the .I time -argument will understand the following formats: +argument understand the following formats: .TS left l2 l. YYYYMMDDhhmmss |