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dmesg.1 (594B)
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1 .Dd February 2, 2015
2 .Dt DMESG 1
3 .Os ubase
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm dmesg
6 .Nd print or control the kernel ring buffer
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl Ccr
10 .Op Fl n Ar level
11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
12 .Nm
13 examines or controls the kernel ring buffer. By default it reads all the
14 messages from the kernel ring buffer and prints them to stdout.
15 .Sh OPTIONS
16 .Bl -tag -width Ds
17 .It Fl C
18 Clear the ring buffer.
19 .It Fl c
20 Clear the ring buffer after printing its contents.
21 .It Fl n Ar level
22 Set the console
23 .Ar level .
24 The log levels are defined in the file
25 .Pa include/linux/kern_levels.h .
26 .It Fl r
27 Print the raw message buffer.
28 .El