READBOOTLOG

Section: Linux System Administrator's Manual (1)
Updated: NOV 12, 2018
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NAME

readbootlog - show contents of the boot log, stripping away control characters

SYNOPSIS

readbootlog [-h] [ -f file ]

DESCRIPTION

readbootlog is a tool for reading the boot log (by default /var/log/boot). The program strips away control characters and non-human readable contents from the log file. Output is dumped to the terminal where it can be piped or redirected to a file.

OPTIONS

-f file: Tells readbootlog to use a specific file instead of /var/log/boot.
-h: Displays a brief help message.

FILES

/var/log/boot

AUTHOR

Jesse Smith <jsmith@resonatingmedia.com>