dmesg

Name

dmesg -- print or control the system message buffer

Synopsis

dmesg [-c | -n level | -s bufsize]

Description

dmesg examines or controls the system message buffer. Only a user with appropriate privileges may modify the system message buffer parameters or contents.

Standard Options

-c

If the user has appropriate privilege, clears the system message buffer contents after printing.

-n level

If the user has appropriate privilege, sets the level at which logging of messages is done to the console.

-s bufsize

uses a buffer of bufsize to query the system message buffer. This is 16392 by default (this matches the default kernel syslog buffer size since 2.1.113). If you have set the kernel buffer to larger than the default then this option can be used to view the entire buffer.