sysvinit/man/readbootlog.1

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.\"{{{  Title
.TH READBOOTLOG 1 "NOV 12, 2018" "sysvinit " "User Commands"
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.\"{{{  Name
.SH NAME
readbootlog \- show contents of the boot log, stripping away control characters
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.\"{{{  Synopsis
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readbootlog
.RB [ \-h ]
[\-\fBf\fP \fIfile\/\fP]
.br
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.\"{{{  Description
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B readbootlog
is a tool for reading the boot log (by default \fI/var/log/boot\fP). 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.
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.\"{{{  Options
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-f\fP \fIfile\fP"
Tells \fBreadbootlog\fP to use a specific file instead of \fI/var/log/boot\fP.
.IP \fB\-h\fP
Displays a brief help message.
.\"{{{  Files
.SH FILES
/var/log/boot
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.\"{{{  Author
.SH AUTHOR
.MT jsmith@\:resonatingmedia\:.com
Jesse Smith
.ME
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.\"{{{  See also
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR bootlogd (8)
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