Usage - Description - Options - Return codes
last [log logfile] [option] n [infile] [to outfile]
last copies the last n lines of infile to outfile.
If infile has n or fewer lines, then last copies all of infile.
n must be in the range 0 .. 32767 on DOS, 0 .. 2147483647 on Win32.
If you don't specify infile, last reads from standard input.
If you don't specify outfile, last writes to standard output.
If you don't specify logfile, last writes error messages to standard
error.
last recognizes the following command line options:
Option | Function |
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-v | Print version banner and usage info to standard error (or logfile, if given), then exit. |
closure returns with one of the following codes ("error levels"):
Code | Meaning |
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0 | Success |
101 | Out of memory |
102 | Incorrect command line arguments |
104 | Error opening file |
105 | I/O error |
107 | File name clash |