why dmesg output to log file is not working?

Question

I am trying to output the dmesg to a log file so I can look at it through my txt editor, but i keep getting an error msg:

dmesg > /Desktop/log.txt

gives me this error: bash: /Desktop/dmesg.log: No such file or directory

I have also tried: dmesg >> /Desktop/log.txt but i get the same error message.

what am i missing?

Answer 1

There is no /Desktop/ folder by default, and there shouldn’t be one.

To access the Desktop folder in your user's home folder use either the full /home/your_username/Desktop/ (replace your_username with your actual user name) or the shorter ~/Desktop/.

So

dmesg > ~/Desktop/log.txt

should do what you want.