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| author | Karel Zak | 2011-07-01 16:33:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2011-07-01 16:33:34 +0200 |
| commit | f06ec64fda9b6b5075dd1f01c013f2aea139b9dc (patch) | |
| tree | a73902c1d5391253712eb93656e72d69f66fa99f /sys-utils/dmesg.1 | |
| parent | dmesg: add --console-on and --console-off (diff) | |
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dmesg; support level names (e.g. --console-level=alert)
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/dmesg.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/dmesg.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 index a593485c1..8f61b8615 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 @@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ Print a help text and exit. .IP "\fB\-n, \-\-console-level \fIlevel\fP Set the .I level -at which logging of messages is done to the console. For example, +at which logging of messages is done to the console. The +.I level +is a level number or abbreviation of the level name. For all supported levels see +.B dmesg \-\-help +output. +.sp +For example, .B \-n 1 -prevents all messages, except panic messages, from appearing on the +or +.B \-n alert +prevents all messages, except emergency (panic) messages, from appearing on the console. All levels of messages are still written to .IR /proc/kmsg , so |