acctdump(8)

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💖 acctdump(8) — the accounting data dump utility, bestie edition ✨

okay so you found acctdump in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual and you're like "what does this do" — don't worry, I got you. it's a little chiark-utils-bin icon that dumps your process accounting data. pull up a chair. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

acctdump — accounting data dump utility

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so basically, acctdump reads process accounting data from a file — or, if you don't hand it one, it goes straight to the system process account file /var/log/account/pacct by default — and then it outputs all of it as a table on stdout. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🎀

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • -f|--forwards — output the data with the oldest entry first instead of the last. flip the timeline, bestie. ⏪
  • -q|--no-banner — don't output a header in the first line. quiet luxury. 🤫
  • -p|--stdin — read the accounting data from stdin instead of a file. pipe it in, queen. 🌈
  • -r|--raw — don't convert date, uid, gid, tty, and exit status to human readable forms. raw dogging the numbers fr fr. 🔢
  • -u|--resource — additionally display resource usage data. the extra tea. ☕

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ac(1) accton(8) dump-acct(8) dump-utmp(8) lastcomm(1) sa(8)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

acctdump is Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2006 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> — icon behavior, honestly. 💜

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.

okay bestie that last part is in all caps for a reason — no warranty, periodt. no promises about it working, no promises it fits any particular purpose. read the licence, it's giving legal realness. 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨ this one's from the chiark-utils-bin manual, dated 2014-10-06 — a classic, an era, an absolute slay. go dump some accounting data. mwah 💖🦋

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