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Ulrich Berntien edited this page Mar 29, 2019 · 1 revision

wiper

Name

wiper - removes string from wtmp

Synopsis

wiper TEXT

Description

wiper uses utmpdump to dump wtmp into plaintext and then greps out the string given as an argument. It then repacks the modified file into /var/log/wtmp, and ensures that the file is nicely timestomped.

Argument is

  • TEXT: Text to search with grep.

Examples

$ wiper key
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