USAGE: last [-s] [-n count] [-d days] [-D days] [user1 user2 ...] -s : be "silent" -- trim headers, displaying just the data -n count : only display this many users (the most recent) -d days : display users logged in WITHIN this many days -D days : display users logged in OLDER than this many days user... : display login information for these users Note that the options can be combined, but you'll get an error if you use -d and -D to, say, ask for all users logged in during the past 30 days and those logged in before 60 days ago. For each user found, their name is displayed followed by when they logged in (if they are still on) or when they logged out, followed by where they connected from.