You should never try to open /var/log/lastlog directly (i.e. using cat, tail or
similar text-dumping tools).
The file is sparse database file and can, in some cases, appear extremely large
to utilities that do not understand sparse files. You may have run out of
memory trying to open it.
Use
** Changed in: kate (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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Title:
Kate crashes trying to open /var/log/lastlog
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