# phpman > man > dump-utmp(8)

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



## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/wtmp/5/markdown) for further details.


## SEE ALSO
       [**login**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/login/1/markdown), [**wtmp**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/wtmp/5/markdown), [**init**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/init/8/markdown), [**sa**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/sa/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>> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).



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