readbootlog(1)

readbootlog1

Show contents of the boot log, stripping away control characters

Usage

readbootlog [-h] [-f file]

Overview

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

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11
  2. 12–13

Author

Jesse Smith ⟨jsmith@\:resonatingmedia\:.com⟩

From bootlogd 3.14-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.