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  34 .Dd June 5, 1993
  35 .Dt DMESG 8
  36 .Os BSD 4
  37 .Sh NAME
  38 .Nm dmesg
  39 .Nd "display the system message buffer"
  40 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  41 .Nm dmesg
  42 .Op Fl M Ar core
  43 .Op Fl N Ar system
  44 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  45 .Nm Dmesg
  46 displays the contents of the system message buffer.
  47 .Pp
  48 The options are as follows:
  49 .Bl -tag -width Ds
  50 .It Fl M
  51 Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
  52 instead of the default ``/dev/kmem''.
  53 .It Fl N
  54 Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
  55 ``/vmunix''.
  56 .El
  57 .Sh SEE ALSO
  58 .Xr syslogd 8
  59 .Sh HISTORY
  60 The
  61 .Nm
  62 command appeared in
  63 .Bx 4.0 .