DUMP_UTMP(8)

💅 DUMP_UTMP(8) — System Manager's Manual

okay bestie, so this is dump-utmp, and it's giving "small tool, big main character energy" — it lives in section 8, the system manager's manual, so you know it's admin business 👑

✨ NAME ✨

dump-utmp — print a utmp file in human-readable format 🫶

✨ SYNOPSYS ✨

(no shade, the manpage really does spell it "SYNOPSYS", we're keeping it, periodt 💅)

dump-utmp [-hrR] [-n <recs>] <files>
      [--num <recs>] [--raw] [--reverse] [--help]

so the short flags live in the first line and the long ones get their own little line — iconic formatting, ngl 🌸

✨ OPTIONS ✨

The following options are supported — and yes we're listing every single one, no skipping 🙈

• -h, --help — print a help message and the default location of the process accounting file, then exit. literally the nicest thing a flag can do for you 🥺
• -r, --reverse — print the output in reverse order. flip it like a pancake 🥞
• -R, --raw — the records get printed with zero parsing. no thoughts, head empty, just raw bytes of truth 🔥
• -n, --num NUMRECS — show only the first NUMRECS number of records. a lil snack portion instead of the whole buffet 🍓

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go off, related pages, we love a supportive squad 🌈

• accton (8)
• lastcomm (1)
• utmp (5)

quick vibe check bestie: -R/--raw means no parsing at all — that's the tool's own words, so don't come for me when it looks like unreadable nonsense. that's the point 💀

🌸 that's the whole page, you ate that 🌸

sign-off szn: this absolute gem comes from the Linux accounting system, dated 2009 December 2 — old manpage, still slaying, we love to see it 👑✨🎀