---
name: "dump-utmp"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "acct"
version: "6.6.4-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dump-utmp"
---

# dump-utmp(8)

print an utmp file in human-readable format.

## NAME

dump-utmp - print an utmp file in human-readable format.

## SYNOPSIS

**dump-acct** \[**-r**\|**--reverse**\] \[**-R**\|**--raw**\] \[**-n**\|**--num** *recs*\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[ *files*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dump-acct** *filename* prints a list of all logins. This list is usually written in */var/log/wtmp*.

All fields are separated by vertical line. Fields are: *user name*, *tty*, *type*, *id*, *pid*, *hostaddr*, *host*, *time*.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.

- **-n, --num recs**

  Number of lines to print.

- **-r, --reverse**

  Start printing from last records.

- **-R, --raw**

  Print raw records, not human-readable.

## FILES

- *wtmp*

  The system wide login record file. See [**wtmp**(5)](/wtmp/5.md) for further details.

## SEE ALSO

[**login**(1)](/login/1.md), [**wtmp**(5)](/wtmp/5.md), [**init**(8)](/init/8.md), [**sa**(8)](/sa/8.md).

## AUTHOR

The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg \<noel@gnu.ai.mit.edu\>.

This manual page was written by Ognyan Kulev \<ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg\> and updated by Daniel Baumann \<daniel@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).