How to see shutdown log

[Manish Jain]

On 2020-07-25 06:28, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> When you boot the system a bunch of messages roll across the screen to 
> fast to read. The dmesg -a command will show these to you to read at 
> your own pace. When you issue the shutdown or halt command a bunch of 
> different messages roll across the screen to fast to read.
> 
> Is there a way view these messages after the system comes back up later?


Perhaps : cat /var/log/messages ?


Regards,
Manish Jain