kubectl get events only for a pod

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.

Why not display all events and grep for your podname:

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

1. You should understand the data structure of this 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. And then do something like kubectl get events --field-selector involvedObject.name=[...].

This answer refers to @mszalbach's.