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35.Dd July 27, 1991
36.Dt LASTCOMM 1
37.Os BSD 3
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm lastcomm
40.Nd show last commands executed in reverse order
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm lastcomm
43.Op Fl f Ar file
44.Op Ar command ...
45.Op Ar user ...
46.Op Ar terminal ...
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Nm Lastcomm
49gives information on previously executed commands.
50With no arguments,
51.Nm lastcomm
52prints information about all the commands recorded
53during the current accounting file's lifetime.
54.Pp
55Option:
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -width Fl
58.It Fl f Ar file
59Read from
60.Ar file
61rather than the default
62accounting file.
63.El
64.Pp
65If called with arguments, only accounting entries with a
66matching
67.Ar command
68name,
69.Ar user
70name,
71or
72.Ar terminal
73name
74are printed.
75So, for example:
76.Pp
77.Dl lastcomm a.out root ttyd0
78.Pp
79would produce a listing of all the
80executions of commands named
81.Pa a.out
82by user
83.Ar root
84on the terminal
85.Ar ttyd0  .
86.Pp
87For each process entry, the following are printed.
88.Pp
89.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
90.It
91The name of the user who ran the process.
92.It
93Flags, as accumulated by the accounting facilities in the system.
94.It
95The command name under which the process was called.
96.It
97The amount of cpu time used by the process (in seconds).
98.It
99The time the process exited.
100.El
101.Pp
102The flags are encoded as follows: ``S'' indicates the command was
103executed by the super-user, ``F'' indicates the command ran after
104a fork, but without a following
105.Xr exec ,
106``C'' indicates the command was run in PDP-11 compatibility mode
107(VAX only),
108``D'' indicates the command terminated with the generation of a
109.Pa core
110file, and ``X'' indicates the command was terminated with a signal.
111.Sh FILES
112.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct -compact
113.It Pa /var/account/acct
114Default accounting file.
115.El
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr last 1 ,
118.Xr sigvec 2 ,
119.Xr acct 5 ,
120.Xr core 5
121.Sh HISTORY
122The
123.Nm lastcomm
124command appeared in
125.Bx 3.0 .
126