sysvinit/man/readbootlog.1
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.\"{{{ Title
.TH READBOOTLOG 1 "NOV 12, 2018" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
.\"}}}
.\"{{{ Name
.SH NAME
readbootlog \- show contents of the boot log, stripping away control characters
.\"}}}
.\"{{{ Synopsis
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readbootlog
.RB [ \-h ]
.RB "[ \-\fBf\fP \fIfile\fP ]"
.br
.\"}}}
.\"{{{ Description
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-f\fP \fIfile\fP"
Tells \fBreadbootlog\fP to use a specific file instead of \fB/var/log/boot\fP.
.IP \fB\-h\fP
Displays a brief help message.
.\"{{{ Files
.SH FILES
/var/log/boot
.\"}}}
.\"{{{ Author
.SH AUTHOR
Jesse Smith <jsmith@resonatingmedia.com>
.\"}}}
.\"{{{ See also
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR bootlogd (8)
.\"}}}