How do I read /var/log/lastlog

Question

This is a 30GB file, I tried to open it in VIM It does not show anything, How can I see contents of this file

This is CentOS 6.5

Note that the lastlog file is probably not really 30 GB, because it is a sparse file. See NOTE in the man page of `lastlog(8)` — a3nm, Aug 27 '16 at 09:56

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 13 '23 at 21:34

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Run the lastlog command:

$ lastlog

edited Mar 13 '23 at 21:34

JamesThomasMoon

answered Mar 17 '15 at 00:29

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how would I read a lastlog residing on an external harddisk, i.e. from another machine? – Frederick Nord Aug 11 '23 at 09:43

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