How do you get the Linux kernel boot command after boot?

Question

How do you get the Linux kernel command line after boot (e.g. from a shell)?

shorttoedeagle · Answer 1 · 2009-06-14 13:48:11Z

up vote 14 down vote

cat /proc/cmdline

OR

dmesg|grep "Kernel command line"

community wiki

Note that /proc/cmdline is much more reliable, since the dmesg buffer size is limited. – CesarB Jun 14 '09 at 20:27

feedback

samoz · Answer 2 · 2009-06-14 13:48:11Z

up vote -4 down vote

Press ctrl+alt+f1

community wiki

1

It will have scrolled off the screen, and you lose the scrollback buffer when you change VTs. – camh Jun 14 '09 at 13:12

feedback

2 Answers