Listing devices - quick question
Patton Echols
p.echols at comcast.net
Sat Feb 19 20:10:02 UTC 2011
On 02/19/2011 12:01 PM, Pongo A. Pan wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 11:42 -0800, Patton Echols wrote:
>> I'm writing up my notes for someone who asked about data recovery and
>> I'm having a serious brain fade. It's the part about discovering the
>> device that you just plugged in. I know I can use
>> $ fdisk -l to list devices or
>> $ blkid to do the same and more. But there is something that lists the
>> last system events, you run this command, then plug the usb device, then
>> run it again and see what got added to the end of the list. Anyone want
>> to throw out the name for an idiot?
> Minor brain fade isn't proof of idiocy.
>
> Try "dmesg | tail -n40"
>
> Gets the last 40 lines.
DOH! dmesg! that's it!
Thanks,
It probably would have come to me after lunch . . .
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