dump-acct(8) — Linux manual page
DUMP_ACCT(8) System Manager's Manual DUMP_ACCT(8)
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)
COLOPHON
This page is part of the psacct (process accounting utilities)
project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/⟩. If you have a bug report for
this manual page, see ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/⟩. This
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