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Augment log lines with explanation texts from the message catalog. This will add explanatory help texts to log messages in the output where this is available. These short help texts will explain the context of an error or log event, possible solutions, as well as pointers to support forums, developer documentation, and any other relevant manuals. | |||
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Revision as of 18:50, 17 May 2017
Internal
Overview
journalctl may be used to query the contents of the systemd journal as written by systemd-journald.service.
If called without parameters, it will show the full contents of the journal, starting with the oldest entry collected.
-u (unit)
-u, --unit=
Show messages for the specified systemd unit. This will add a match for messages from the unit ("_SYSTEMD_UNIT=") and additional matches for messages from systemd and messages about coredumps for the specified unit. This parameter can be specified multiple times.
-r (reverse)
-r, --reverse
Reverse output, so the newest entries are displayed first.
-x
Augment log lines with explanation texts from the message catalog. This will add explanatory help texts to log messages in the output where this is available. These short help texts will explain the context of an error or log event, possible solutions, as well as pointers to support forums, developer documentation, and any other relevant manuals.
-e
Immediately jump to the end of the journal.