On 2007/07/05 06:42, Nick Holland wrote: > Yes, there are benefits to looking at the change in the dmesg. I do NOT > like the idea of CLEARING this most valuable resource, however. Whatever > you wish to accomplish this way can be easily accomplished in some other > way, I think.
The OP needs to say *what* they would like to achieve (e.g. 'only list kernel messages since a certain time', or 'hide the hardware spec from users'), rather than think up a possible way to do it (i.e. 'clear dmesg output').