dmesg

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

NAME
     dmesg – display the system message buffer

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

DESCRIPTION
     Dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer.  This command
     needs to be run as root.

SEE ALSO
     syslogd(8)

HISTORY
     The dmesg command appeared in 4.0BSD.

BSD 4                             June 5, 1993                             BSD 4