Linux Command Cheat Sheet/Show login history

Display recent login records.

Section: Users Groups and Sessions

Show login history

bash
bash
last -a | head
Explanation

Useful for forensic review and access audits.

Learn the surrounding workflow

Compare similar commands or jump into common fixes when this command is part of a bigger troubleshooting path.

Related commands

Same sheet · prioritizing Users Groups and Sessions
Search shell history
Filter previous shell commands.
OpenIn sheetbash1 tag match
Print working directory
Show the current absolute path.
Create file or update timestamp
Create an empty file if it does not exist.
Print file contents
Concatenate and print files to standard output.
Search text with grep
Print lines matching a pattern.
List permissions
Show permissions and ownership on files.