LASTCOMM(1)							  LASTCOMM(1)



NAME
       lastcomm	 -  print out information about previously executed 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 into '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 ex-
       ec
	       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  arguments  on  the
	      command line.

       --user name
	      List records for user with name.	This is useful if you're try-
	      ing to match a username that happens to be the same as  a	 com-
	      mand (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 acct(5)  (or	 pac-
	      ct(5)) for further details.



AUTHOR
       The   GNU   accounting	utilities   were   written   by	  Noel	Cragg
       . The man page was adapted	from  the  accounting
       texinfo page by Susan Kleinmann .

SEE ALSO
       last(1), acct(5)




			       1995 October 31			  LASTCOMM(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. info
2. more
3. find
4. which
5. users
6. as
7. who
8. time
9. ed
10. tty
11. file
12. man