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* [[systemd#Operations|systemd]]
* [[systemd#Operations|systemd]]
=Overview=
<tt>journalctl</tt> may be used to query the contents of the <tt>systemd</tt> journal as written by <tt>systemd-journald.service</tt>.
If called without parameters, it will show the full contents of the journal, starting with the oldest entry collected.
=-u=
<pre>
-u, --unit=
</pre>
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=
<pre>
-r, --reverse
</pre>
Reverse output, so the newest entries are displayed first.

Revision as of 16:26, 16 February 2016

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

-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

-r, --reverse

Reverse output, so the newest entries are displayed first.