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