How to view the kernel on MacOS?
Solution 1:
That depends on your version of macOS.
Previously the kernel XNU was locate at the root directory and named mach_kernel:
$ ls -la /mach_kernel
Apparently starting with 10.11 El Capitan and in mac OS 10.12 Sierra this file was moved and renamed:
$ ls -la /System/Library/Kernels/kernel