When providing an abbreviation of the level name with the option "-n, --console-level level", it corresponds to the level (included) up to which messages are displayed on the console. If a level number is given, this level is excluded. So in the given example, "-n 1" is equivalent to "-n emerg". Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Romain <jean-philippe.romain@xxxxxx> diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 index adf5214..a93821a 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ output. For example, .B \-n 1 or -.B \-n alert +.B \-n emerg prevents all messages, except emergency (panic) messages, from appearing on the console. All levels of messages are still written to .IR /proc/kmsg , -- 2.7.4
