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.\" $Header: /usr/local/src/master/simple/prwtmp/prwtmp.man,v 1.1 1997-01-13 14:59:41 hjp Exp $
.TH prwtmp 8
.SH NAME
prwtmp \- print contents of wtmp file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.C prwtmp
.RC [ \-o ]
.RC [ \-s start ]
.RC [ file ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.C prwtmp
interpretes
.I file
(default is the system wtmp file, normally /etc/wtmp, /var/log/wtmp, or
/var/adm/wtmp) as a
wtmp file and prints one line to stdout for each record.
If the
.B \-o
Option is given, each record is preceded by a decimal byte offset.
If the
.B -s
Option is given, processing starts at the given byte offset instead of
the beginning of the file.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Exit values are:
.RS 3
.TP 8
.B \00
Successful completion.
.PD 0
.TP
.B >0
Error condition occurred.
.RE
.PD
.SH FILES
.TP
.B /etc/wtmp
.B /var/adm/wtmp
.B /var/log/wtmp
Default wtmp file (depends on OS).
.SH BUGS
None known. There are a few improvements planned, though:
An option to print the file in reverse (like last(1M), but without
coalescing matching records). Some way to select records or columns.
NLS support would be nice, too.
.SH SEE ALSO
last(1M)