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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index b5a0c539c..3b05e80fc 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
alternatives, i.e. the resulting output will show
entries matching any of the specified matches for the
same field. Finally, if the character
- + appears as separate word on the
+ + appears as a separate word on the
command line, all matches before and after are combined
in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR).
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@
less by default, and long lines are
"truncated" to screen width. The hidden part can be
viewed by using the left-arrow and right-arrow
- keys. Paging can be disabled, see
- and section Environment
- below.
+ keys. Paging can be disabled; see the
+ option and the "Environment"
+ section below.
When outputing to a tty, lines are colored
according to priority: lines of level ERROR and higher
- are colored red, lines of level NOTICE and higher are
- highlighted, and other lines are displayed normally.
+ are colored red; lines of level NOTICE and higher are
+ highlighted; other lines are displayed normally.
@@ -152,11 +152,20 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Ellipsize fields when
+ they do not fit in available columns.
+ The default is to show full fields,
+ allowing them to wrap or be truncated
+ by the pager, if one is used.
- Show all (printable) fields in
- full.
+ The old options
+ /
+ are not useful anymore, except to undo
+ .
@@ -223,7 +232,7 @@
- Reverse output, so the newest
+ Reverse output so that the newest
entries are displayed first.
@@ -343,7 +352,7 @@
but formats them in
multiple lines in order
to make them more
- readable for humans.
+ readable by humans.
@@ -367,7 +376,7 @@
generates a very
- terse output only
+ terse output, only
showing the actual
message of each journal
entry with no meta data,
@@ -415,8 +424,8 @@
Suppresses any warning
- message regarding inaccessible system
- journals when run as normal
+ messages regarding inaccessible system
+ journals when run as a normal
user.
@@ -448,11 +457,11 @@
offset will look up
boots starting from the end of the
journal. Thus, 1 means the
- first boot found in the journal in the
+ first boot found in the journal in
chronological order, 2 the
second and so on; while -0
is the last boot, -1 the
- boot before that, and so on. An empty
+ boot before last, and so on. An empty
offset is equivalent
to specifying -0, except
when the current boot is not the last boot
@@ -460,7 +469,7 @@
specified to look at logs from a different
machine).
- If the 32 character
+ If the 32-character
ID is specified, it
may optionally be followed by
offset which
@@ -469,7 +478,7 @@
values mean earlier boots and a positive values
mean later boots. If
offset is not
- specified, a value of zero is assumed and the
+ specified, a value of zero is assumed, and the
logs for the boot given by
ID are shown.
@@ -477,6 +486,17 @@
+
+
+
+ Show a tabular list of
+ boot numbers (relative to the current
+ boot), their IDs, and the timestamps
+ of the first and last message
+ pertaining to the boot.
+
+
+
@@ -489,17 +509,27 @@
-
+ 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.
-
+ specified systemd unit
+ UNIT, or
+ for any of the units matched by
+ PATTERN.
+ If a pattern is specified, a list of
+ unit names found in the journal is
+ compared with the specified pattern
+ and all that match are used. For each
+ unit name a match is added for
+ messages from the unit
+ (_SYSTEMD_UNIT=UNIT)
+ along with additional matches for
+ messages from systemd and messages
+ about coredumps for the specified
+ unit.
+
+ This parameter can be specified
+ multiple times.
@@ -565,11 +595,23 @@
- Start showing entries from the
- location in the journal
- after the location
- specified by the this cursor.
-
+ Start showing entries
+ from the location in the journal
+ after the
+ location specified by the this cursor.
+ The cursor is shown when the
+ option
+ is used.
+
+
+
+
+
+ The cursor is shown after the last
+ entry after two dashes:
+ -- cursor: s=0639...
+ The format of the cursor is private
+ and subject to change.
@@ -619,7 +661,7 @@
Show messages from
system services and the kernel (with
- ). Show
+ ). Show
messages from service of current user
(with ).
If neither is specified, show all
@@ -627,6 +669,16 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Show messages from a
+ running, local container. Specify a
+ container name to connect
+ to.
+
+
@@ -643,7 +695,7 @@
- Takes a file glob as
+ Takes a file glob as an
argument. If specified, journalctl will
operate on the specified journal files
matching GLOB
@@ -657,7 +709,7 @@
Takes a directory path
- as argument. If specified, journalctl
+ as an argument. If specified, journalctl
will operate on catalog file hierarchy
underneath the specified directory
instead of the root directory
@@ -671,8 +723,8 @@
Instead of showing
- journal contents, generate a new 128
- bit ID suitable for identifying
+ journal contents, generate a new 128-bit
+ ID suitable for identifying
messages. This is intended for usage
by developers who need a new
identifier for a new message they
@@ -702,16 +754,16 @@
List the contents of
- the message catalog, as table of
- message IDs plus their short
+ the message catalog as a table of
+ message IDs, plus their short
description strings.If any
- ID128s are
+ 128-bit-IDs are
specified, only those entries are shown.
@@ -719,18 +771,18 @@
Show the contents of
the message catalog, with entries
separated by a line consisting of two
- dashes and the id (the format is the
+ dashes and the ID (the format is the
same as .catalog
- files.
+ files).If any
- ID128s are
+ 128-bit-IDs are
specified, only those entries are shown.
@@ -742,7 +794,7 @@
Update the message
catalog index. This command needs to
be executed each time new catalog
- files are installed, removed or
+ files are installed, removed, or
updated to rebuild the binary catalog
index.
@@ -758,18 +810,23 @@
sealing key is stored in the journal
data directory and shall remain on the
host. The verification key should be
- stored externally. Also see the
+ stored externally. Refer to the
option in
journald.conf5
- for details.
+ for information on Forward Secure
+ Sealing and for a link to a refereed
+ scholarly paper detailing the
+ cryptographic theory it is based on.
+
- When --setup-keys is passed and
- Forward Secure Sealing has already been set up,
- recreate FSS keys.
+ When
+ is passed and
+ Forward Secure Sealing (FSS) has already been
+ configured, recreate FSS keys.
@@ -814,8 +871,8 @@
Exit status
- On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.
+ On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero
+ failure code is returned.