DMESG(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		      DMESG(8)

NAME
     dmesg — display the system message buffer

SYNOPSIS
     dmesg [-ac] [-M core [-N system]]

DESCRIPTION
     The dmesg utility displays the contents of the system message buffer.  If
     the -M option is not specified, the buffer is read from the currently
     running kernel via the sysctl(3) interface.  Otherwise, the buffer is
     read from the specified core file, using the name list from the specified
     kernel image (or from the default image).

     The options are as follows:

     -a      Show all data in the message buffer.  This includes any syslog
	     records and /dev/console output.

     -c      Clear the kernel buffer after printing.

     -M      Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
	     core.

     -N      If -M is also specified, extract the name list from the specified
	     system instead of the default, which is the kernel image the sys‐
	     tem has booted from.

FILES
     /var/run/dmesg.boot  usually a snapshot of the buffer contents taken soon
			  after file systems are mounted at startup time

SEE ALSO
     sysctl(3), syslogd(8)

HISTORY
     The dmesg utility appeared in 4.0BSD.

BSD				  May 9, 2013				   BSD