x-last

name: x-last description: | Enhanced last command with CSV, JSON, tree view, and interactive UI for viewing login history.

Dependency: This is an x-cmd module. Install x-cmd first (see x-cmd skill for installation options). see x-cmd skill for installation.

license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: POSIX Shell

metadata: author: Li Junhao version: "1.0.0" category: x-cmd-extension tags: [x-cmd, system, last, login, security]

x last - User Login History

Enhanced last command with multiple output formats, tree view, and interactive UI.

Quick Start

# Interactive login history viewer (default in TTY)
x last

# All records
x last --all

Features

• Multiple formats: CSV, JSON, tree view
• Interactive UI: Built-in picker for TTY mode
• Filtering options: Login only, reboot only, all records
• Session duration: Calculated login session lengths
• Tree view: Grouped by system reboot

Commands

Examples

Basic Usage

# Default view
x last

# All records with interactive picker
x last --all

# Login records only
x last --login

Format Output

# JSON format
x last --json

# CSV format
x last --csv

# Tree view
x last --tree

Filtering

# Specific user
x last username

# Specific TTY
x last tty7

# Reboot records only
x last --reboot

Data Processing

# Parse with jq
x last --json | jq '.[] | select(.user == "root")'

# Find recent reboots
x last --reboot --json | jq '.[0:5]'

Output Fields

Platform Notes

Linux

• Uses native last command
• Reads from /var/log/wtmp

macOS

• Uses native last command
• Full feature support

Windows

• Limited support (no native last command)

Related

• Native last(1) manual page