lastcomm  -   print  out information about previously exe­
       cuted commands.


SYNOPSIS

       lastcomm
              [ command-name ...  ]
              [ user-name ...  ]
              [ terminal-name ...  ]
              [ --strict-match ]
              [ -f filename | --file filename ]
              [ --user name ] [ --command name ] [ --tty name ]
              [ --debug ] [ -V | --version ] [ -h | --help ]


DESCRIPTION

       lastcomm prints out information about previously  executed
       commands.   If  no  arguments are specified, lastcomm will
       print info about all of the commands in acct  (the  record
       file).   If called with one or more of command-name, user-
       name, or  terminal-name,  only  records  containing  those
       items  will  be displayed.  For example, to find out which
       users used command `a.out' and which users were logged in­
       to `tty0', type:
                          lastcomm a.out tty0

       This  will  print  any  entry  for which `a.out' or `tty0'
       matches in any of the record's fields (command,  name,  or
       terminal).   If  you  want  to  find only items that match
       *all* of the arguments on the command line, you  must  use
       the  '-strict-match'  option.  For example, to list all of
       the executions of command a.out by user root  on  terminal
       tty0, type:
                lastcomm --strict-match a.out root tty0

       The order of the arguments is not important.

       For each entry the following information is printed:
          + command name of the process
          + flags, as recorded by the system accounting routines:
               S -- command executed by super-user
               F -- command executed after a fork but  without  a
       following exec
               C -- command run in PDP-11 compatibility mode (VAX
       only)
               D -- command terminated with the generation  of  a
       core file
               X  --  command  was  terminated  with  the  signal
       SIGTERM
          + the name of the user who ran the process
          + time the process exited


OPTIONS

       --strict-match
              Print only entries that match *all*  of  the  argu­


       --user name
              List records for user with name.  This is useful if
              you're trying to match a username that  happens  to
              be the same as a command (e.g., ed ).

       --command name
              List records for command name.

       --tty name
              List records for tty name.

       -f filename, --file filename
              Read from the file filename instead of acct

       --debug
              Print verbose internal information.

       -V, --version
              Print the version number of lastcomm.

       -h, --help
              Prints  the  usage  string and default locations of
              system files to standard output and exits.


FILES

       acct
              The system wide process accounting  file.  See  ac­
              ct(5) (or pacct(5)) for further details.


AUTHOR

       The  GNU  accounting  utilities were written by Noel Cragg
       <noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. The man page was adapted  from  the
       accounting     texinfo    page    by    Susan    Kleinmann
       <sgk@sgk.tiac.net>.


SEE ALSO

       last(1), acct(5)


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