LASTCOMM(1)

NAME
       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  /var/log/pacct
       (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 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-
              ments on the command line.

       --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
              /var/log/pacct

       --debug
              Print verbose internal information.

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

       -h, --help
              Prints the usage string.

FILES
       /var/log/pacct
              The system wide process accounting file.

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

SEE ALSO
       last(1) acct(5)