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.Dd January 11, 1996
.Dt LASTLOGIN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm lastlogin
.Nd indicate last login time of users
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar user ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
will list the last login session of each specified
.Ar user ,
or for all users by default.  Each line of output contains
the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
hostname, and the start time for the session.
.Pp
If more than one
.Ar user
is given, the session information for each user is printed in
the order given on the command line.  Otherwise, information
for all users is printed, sorted by uid.
.Pp
.Nm
differs from
.Xr last 1
in that it only prints information regarding the very last login session.
The last login database is never turned over or deleted in standard usage.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact
.It Pa /var/log/lastlog
last login database
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr last 1 ,
.Xr lastlog 5 ,
.Xr ac 8
.Sh AUTHORS
.An John M. Vinopal
wrote this program in January 1996 and contributed it
to the
.Nx
project.