DUMP_ACCT
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 2009 December 2
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NAME
dump-acct - print an acct/pacct file in human-readable format
SYNOPSIS
dump-acct
[
-r|
--reverse]
[
-R|
--raw]
[
-n|
--num recs]
[
--byte-swap]
[
--format]
[
--ahz freq]
[
-h|
--help]
[
files]
DESCRIPTION
The dump-acct command transforms the output
file from the
accton format to the human-readable format: one record per line.
Each record consists of severald fields which are separated by
character "|" (the meaning of concreate field depends on the
version of kernel package - with which the accton file was created).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
- -r, --reverse
-
Print the output in reverse order.
- -R, --raw
-
The records will be printed without any parsing.
- -n, --num NUMRECS
-
Display only the first NUMRECS number of records.
- --byteswap
-
Swap the bytes (relative to your system's native byte order) in --raw output.
- --format
-
Set output format with --raw option.
- --ahz FREQ
-
Set the AHZ (platform dependent frequency in Hertz) to FREQ.
- -h, --help
-
Print a help message and the default location of the process accounting file
and exit.
SEE ALSO
accton (8), lastcomm (1)