How do I find the log for the shutdown process?

I've done some Googling and nowhere do I find where you can log the shutdown process. The best I've found is a log where it states when the shutdown process begins but that's all.

My computer is hanging on the end of the shutdown process and I'm trying to troubleshoot it.

Have any ideas?

Check the console for the time of shutdown

In the terminal, go to

     /var/log

Find launchd-shutdown.log that was last modified by your system at the time of shutdown and perform a more on it

     more launchd-shutdown.log

Instead of looking at logs, I would start by booting in verbose mode. (It will also shut down in verbose mode.) Just hold Command ⌘ + V at boot.