HOW TO: Linux Command For Get Information About Reboot And Shutdown
Exactly, this tutorial has a long existence but in my mind has occured for make their own documentation.
Yeah for get this information about reboot and shutdown, please notice either good or follow instruction this below:
In here i using Slackware Linux for Desktop as daily activities, so on slackware but other linux distro’s may be same have a log files on /var/log/wtmp.
Command example for check reboot information on your machine:
simply type this command, and will show message
bash-4.3# last reboot
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Sat Jan 23 19:13 - 21:56 (02:43)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Sat Jan 23 11:52 - 18:03 (06:11)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Fri Jan 22 19:35 - 01:34 (05:58)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Fri Jan 22 10:49 - 17:07 (06:17)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 16:48 - 02:39 (09:50)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 12:44 - 15:31 (02:46)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 11:14 - 11:42 (00:28)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 10:37 - 11:12 (00:34)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Wed Jan 20 09:59 - 00:58 (14:58)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 23:25 - 00:05 (00:39)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 19:58 - 23:23 (03:25)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 19:52 - 19:56 (00:04)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 18:13 - 19:17 (01:04)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 18:04 - 18:11 (00:06)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 17:49 - 18:02 (00:12)
reboot system boot 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 14:10 - 17:47 (03:36)
wtmp begins Sun Jan 17 05:32:58 2016
Results above command, showing system boot and i using kernel 4.4.0 version and also give date and time specific when you reboot.
Second command for check shutdown information, you can type:
*type last -x grep down, and will show message*
bash-4.3# last -x | grep down
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Sat Jan 23 18:03 - 19:13 (01:09)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Sat Jan 23 11:53 - down (06:09)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Sat Jan 23 01:34 - 11:52 (10:17)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Fri Jan 22 19:37 - down (05:57)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Fri Jan 22 17:07 - 19:35 (02:28)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Fri Jan 22 10:51 - down (06:15)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Fri Jan 22 02:39 - 10:49 (08:10)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Thu Jan 21 16:49 - down (09:49)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 15:31 - 16:48 (01:16)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Thu Jan 21 12:47 - down (02:44)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 11:42 - 12:44 (01:02)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 11:12 - 11:14 (00:01)
slackerz pts/1 :0 Thu Jan 21 10:55 - down (00:16)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Thu Jan 21 10:38 - down (00:33)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Thu Jan 21 00:58 - 10:37 (09:38)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Wed Jan 20 10:01 - down (14:56)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Wed Jan 20 00:05 - 09:59 (09:53)
slackerz pts/2 :0 Tue Jan 19 23:46 - down (00:19)
slackerz pts/1 :0 Tue Jan 19 23:27 - down (00:38)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 23:27 - down (00:38)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 23:23 - 23:25 (00:01)
slackerz pts/3 :0 Tue Jan 19 23:09 - down (00:13)
slackerz pts/2 :0 Tue Jan 19 21:06 - down (02:16)
slackerz pts/1 :0 Tue Jan 19 20:52 - down (02:31)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 20:05 - down (03:18)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 19:56 - 19:58 (00:01)
slackerz pts/1 :0 Tue Jan 19 19:55 - down (00:01)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 19:53 - down (00:02)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 19:18 - 19:52 (00:34)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 19:05 - down (00:12)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 18:11 - 18:13 (00:01)
slackerz pts/1 :0 Tue Jan 19 18:09 - down (00:01)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 18:09 - down (00:01)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 18:02 - 18:04 (00:01)
slackerz pts/1 :0 Tue Jan 19 18:00 - down (00:02)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 17:55 - down (00:06)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 17:47 - 17:49 (00:01)
slackerz pts/0 :0 Tue Jan 19 14:12 - down (03:34)
shutdown system down 4.4.0 Tue Jan 19 13:45 - 14:10 (00:24)
So these tutorial about Log Check Information About Reboot And Shutdown.