DMESG(8) BSD System Manager's Manual DMESG(8)NAMEdmesg - display the system message buffer
SYNOPSISdmesg [-M core] [-N system]
DESCRIPTIONdmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer. It is most com-
monly used to review system startup messages.
The options are as follows:
-M core
Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
core instead of the default /dev/kmem.
-N system
Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
default /bsd.
FILES
/var/run/dmesg.boot copy of dmesg created at boot
SEE ALSOsyslogd(8)HISTORY
The dmesg command appeared in 4.0BSD.
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