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TL;DR

utmpdump

Dump and load btmp, utmp and wtmp accounting files. More information: https://manned.org/utmpdump.

  • Dump the /var/log/wtmp file to stdout as plain text:

utmpdump /var/log/wtmp

  • Load a previously dumped file into /var/log/wtmp:

utmpdump -r dumpfile > /var/log/wtmp

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