kubectl get events only for a pod

When I run kubectl -n abc-namespace describe pod my-pod-zl6m6, I get a lot of information about the pod along with the Events in the end.

Is there a way to output just the Events of the pod either using kubectl describe or kubectl get commands?

You can use the event command of kubectl.

To filter for a specific pod you can use a field-selector:

kubectl get event --namespace abc-namespace --field-selector involvedObject.name=my-pod-zl6m6

To see what fields are possible you can use kubectl describe on any event.

This answer gives context to @mszalbach's's answer.

1. You should first understand the data structure of the events object. You can use kubectl get events --output json to check the data structure.

   $ kubectl get events --output json
   {
       "apiVersion": "v1",
       "items": [
           {
               "apiVersion": "v1",
               "count": 259,
               "eventTime": null,
               "firstTimestamp": "2020-04-15T12:00:46Z",
               "involvedObject": {                 <------ **this**
                   "apiVersion": "v1",
                   "fieldPath": "spec.containers{liveness}",
                   "kind": "Pod",               
                   "name": "liveness-exec",        <------ **this**
                   "namespace": "default",
                   "resourceVersion": "725991",
                   "uid": "3f497636-e601-48bc-aec8-72b3edec3d95"
               },
               ...
   

2. Then, you can do something like this

   kubectl get events --field-selector involvedObject.name=[...]`. 
   

Why not display all events and grep for your podname:

kubectl get events --all-namespaces  | grep -i $podname

You can describe you pod and then grep the number of lines after your Events. You can add a watch if you want to monitor it.

watch "kubectl describe pod my-pod-zl6m6 | grep -A20 Events"

All events specific to Deployment

kubectl get events --field-selector involvedObject.name=$DEPLOYMENT_NAME -n $NAMESPACE

All events except Normal

get events --field-selector type!=Normal -A

If you only want the Event Messages in a short and clear view, @mszalbach answer is the best one.

But if you want all Events with all their elements to be completely displayed you can run:

kubectl describe event [POD_NAME] --namespace [POD's_NAMESPACE]

There is a new kubectl command which does what you asked for:

kubectl alpha events pod my-pod-zl6m6

(At some point the alpha will be dropped).