# phpman > man > dump-acct(8)

[DUMP-ACCT(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DUMP-ACCT/8/markdown)                          GNU Accounting Utilities                          [DUMP-ACCT(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DUMP-ACCT/8/markdown)



## NAME
       dump-acct - print an acct file in human-readable format.


## SYNOPSIS
       **dump-acct** [**-r**|**--reverse**] [**-R**|**--raw**] [**--format**] _version_] [**--byteswap**] [**--ahz**] _hertz_] [**-n**|**--num**
       _recs_] [**-h**|**--help**] [ _files_]


## DESCRIPTION
       **dump-acct** _filename_ prints a list of all executed processes. This list is written by the  ker‐
       nel  which  must be compiled with BSD process accounting enabled (Debian kernel image have it
       already enabled). It must be started with [**accton**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/accton/5/markdown).  Note that on Debian  systems,  this  is
       ensured via the init script _/etc/init.d/acct_.

       All  fields  are  separated by vertical line. Fields are: _command_, _version_, _user_ _time_, _system_
       _time_, _effective_ _time_, _uid_, _gid_, _memory_, _io_, _pid_, _ppid_,  _time_.   User,  system  and  effective
       times  are  ticks  per second. One tick is usually 1/50 of a second. The _time_ field shows the
       start time of the process.

       The **--raw** switch, as well as the **--format,** **--byteswap,** and **--ahz** can be used as a handy  for‐
       mat converter.


## 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.

### --format version
              Use specified format version to display records.

### --byteswap
              Swap bytes endianness when reading records.

       **--ahz**  Use specified units of time to display data from other kernel versions  and  architec‐
              tures.


## FILES
       _acct_   The system wide process accounting file. See [**acct**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/acct/5/markdown) for further details.


## SEE ALSO
       [**acct**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/acct/5/markdown), [**ac**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ac/8/markdown).


## 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>> and Mathieu Trudel <<mathieu.tl@gmail.com>> for the Debian  project
       (but may be used by others).



6.4pre1                                      2006-04-22                                 [DUMP-ACCT(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DUMP-ACCT/8/markdown)