dmesg
Write the kernel messages to stdout.
More information: https://manned.org/dmesg.
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Show kernel messages:
dmesg -
Show kernel error messages:
dmesg --level err -
Show kernel messages and keep reading new ones, similar to
tail -f(available in kernels 3.5.0 and newer):
dmesg -w -
Show how much physical memory is available on this system:
dmesg | grep -i memory -
Show kernel messages 1 page at a time:
dmesg | less -
Show kernel messages with a timestamp (available in kernels 3.5.0 and newer):
dmesg -T -
Show kernel messages in human-readable form (available in kernels 3.5.0 and newer):
dmesg -H -
Colorize output (available in kernels 3.5.0 and newer):
dmesg -L
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