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

SEE ALSO¶

bootlogd(8)