DMESG(8)                  BSD 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.

4th Berkeley Distribution        June 5, 1993        4th Berkeley Distribution