implied pager tool. This implies
<option>-n1000</option> to guarantee
that the pager won't buffer logs of
- unbounded size. This may be overriden
+ unbounded size. This may be overridden
with an explicit <option>-n</option>
with some other numeric value on the
command line. Note that this option is
<term><option>-u</option></term>
<term><option>--unit=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Show data only of the
- specified unit. This will add a match
- for <literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</literal>
- for the specified
- unit.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Show messages for the
+ specified systemd unit. This will add
+ a match for messages from the unit
+ (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</literal>)
+ and additional matches for messages
+ from systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--user-unit=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Show data only of the
+ <listitem><para>Show messages for the
specified user session unit. This will
- add a match for
- <literal>_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=</literal>
- for the specified
- unit.</para></listitem>
+ add a match for messages from the unit
+ (<literal>_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=</literal>
+ and <literal>_UID=</literal>) and
+ additional matches for messages from
+ session systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-D</option></term>
<term><option>--directory=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
+ <listitem><para>Takes a
directory path as argument. If
specified journalctl will operate on the
specified journal directory instead of