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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
+.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"     @(#)dmesg.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt DMESG 8
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dmesg
+.Nd "display the system message buffer"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm dmesg
+.Op Fl M Ar core
+.Op Fl N Ar system
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Dmesg
+displays the contents of the system message buffer.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl M
+Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
+instead of the default ``/dev/kmem''.
+.It Fl N
+Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
+``/kernel''.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr syslogd 8
+.Sh FILES
+/dev/mem
+/dev/kmem
+/dev/drum
+/kernel
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.0 .