---
name: "acctdump"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "chiark-utils-bin"
version: "8.0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acctdump"
---

# acctdump(8)

accounting data dump utility

## NAME

acctdump - accounting data dump utility

## SYNOPSIS

**acctdump** \[**-f\|--forwards**\] \[**-q\|--no-banner**\] \[**-p\|--stdin**\] \[**-r\|--raw**\] \[**-u\|--resource**\] \[*\<file\>*...*\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**acctdump** reads process accounting data from  **file** or, by default, from the system process account file  */var/log/account/pacct* and outputs it as a table on stdout.

## OPTIONS

- **-f\|--forwards**

  Output data with the oldest entry first rather than last.

- **-q\|--no-banner**

  Don´t output a header in the first line.

- **-p\|--stdin**

  Read accounting data from stdin.

- **-r\|--raw**

  Don´t convert date, uid, gid, tty, and exit status to human readable forms.

- **-u\|--resource**

  Additionally display resource usage data.

## SEE ALSO

[**ac**(1)](/ac/1.md) [**accton**(8)](/accton/8.md) [**dump-acct**(8)](/dump-acct/8.md) [**dump-utmp**(8)](/dump-utmp/8.md) [**lastcomm**(1)](/lastcomm/1.md) [**sa**(8)](/sa/8.md)

## AUTHOR

**acctdump** is Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2006 Ian Jackson \<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk\>

This manpage was written by Jonathan Amery.  It is Copyright (C) 2014 Jonathan Amery \<jdamery@chiark.greenend.org.uk\>

This is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public Licence, version 3 or (at your option) any later version; see /usr/share/doc/chiark-utils-bin/copyright or /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.