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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 50c915d59..8b26cd926 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -159,16 +159,13 @@
- Controls the number of
- journal lines to show, counting from
- the most recent ones. The argument is
- optional, and if specified is a
- positive integer. If not specified and
- in follow mode defaults to 10. If this
- option is not passed and follow mode
- is not enabled, how many lines are
- shown is not
- limited.
+ Show the most recent
+ journal events and limit the number of
+ events shown. If
+ is used,
+ this option is implied. The argument,
+ a positive integer, is optional, and
+ defaults to 10.
@@ -193,6 +190,7 @@
export,
json,
json-pretty,
+ json-sse,
cat. short
is the default and generates an output
that is mostly identical to the
@@ -214,18 +212,50 @@
information). json
formats entries as JSON data
structures, one per
- line. json-pretty
+ line (see Journal
+ JSON Format for more
+ information). json-pretty
also formats entries as JSON data
structures, but formats them in
multiple lines in order to make them
more readable for
- humans. cat
+ humans. json-sse
+ also formats entries as JSON data
+ structures, but wraps them in a format
+ suitable for Server-Sent
+ Events. cat
generates a very terse output only
showing the actual message of each
journal entry with no meta data, not
even a timestamp.
+
+
+
+
+ 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. Note that help texts are not
+ available for all messages, but only
+ for selected ones. For more
+ information on the message catalog
+ please refer to the Message
+ Catalog Developer
+ Documentation.
+
+
@@ -251,19 +281,21 @@
Show data only from
- current boot.
+ current boot. This will add a match
+ for _BOOT_ID= for
+ the current boot ID of the
+ kernel.
-
-
-
- Takes an absolute
- directory path as argument. If
- specified journalctl will operate on the
- specified journal directory instead of
- the default runtime and system journal
- paths.
+
+
+
+ Show data only of the
+ specified unit. This will add a match
+ for _SYSTEMD_UNIT=
+ for the specified
+ unit.
@@ -295,7 +327,72 @@
are shown. If a range is specified all
messages within the range are shown,
including both the start and the end
- value of the range.
+ value of the range. This will add
+ PRIORITY= matches
+ for the specified
+ priorities.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Start showing entries
+ from the location in the journal
+ specified by the passed
+ cursor.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Start showing entries
+ on or newer than the specified date,
+ or on or older than the specified
+ date, respectively. Date specifications should be of
+ the format "2012-10-30 18:17:16". If
+ the time part is omitted, 00:00:00 is
+ assumed. If only the seconds component
+ is omitted, :00 is assumed. If the
+ date component is ommitted, the
+ current day is assumed. Alternatively
+ the strings
+ yesterday,
+ today,
+ tomorrow are
+ understood, which refer to 00:00:00 of
+ the day before the current day, the
+ current day, or the day after the
+ current day, respectively. now
+ refers to the current time. Finally,
+ relative times may be specified,
+ prefixed with - or
+ +, referring to
+ times before or after the current
+ time, respectively.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Print all possible
+ data values the specified field can
+ take in all entries of the
+ journal.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Takes an absolute
+ directory path as argument. If
+ specified journalctl will operate on the
+ specified journal directory instead of
+ the default runtime and system journal
+ paths.
@@ -331,6 +428,26 @@
journal files.
+
+
+
+ List the contents of
+ the message catalog, as table of
+ message IDs plus their short
+ description strings.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Update the message
+ catalog index. This command needs to
+ be executed each time new catalog
+ files are installed, removed or
+ updated to rebuild the binary catalog
+ index.
+
+