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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index a533f4d0e..fa29c4103 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
- journalctl OPTIONSMATCHES
+ journalctl
+ OPTIONS
+ MATCHES
@@ -82,7 +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 separate word on the
command line all matches before and after are combined
in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR).
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@
-
+ Prints a short help
text and exits.
@@ -136,8 +138,16 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Show all (printable) fields in
+ full.
+
+
+
+ Show all fields in
full, even if they include unprintable
@@ -146,8 +156,8 @@
-
+ Show only the most recent
journal entries, and continuously print
@@ -156,19 +166,34 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Immediately jump to
+ the end of the journal inside the
+ implied pager tool. This implies
+ to guarantee
+ that the pager won't buffer logs of
+ unbounded size. This may be overridden
+ with an explicit
+ with some other numeric value on the
+ command line. Note that this option is
+ only supported for the
+ less1
+ pager.
+
+
+
+
- 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.
@@ -181,8 +206,16 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Reverse output, so the newest
+ entries are displayed first.
+
+
+
+ Controls the
formatting of the journal entries that
@@ -215,7 +248,10 @@
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
@@ -233,8 +269,32 @@
-
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
+
+ Suppresses any warning
message regarding inaccessible system
@@ -243,8 +303,8 @@
-
+ Show entries
interleaved from all available
@@ -253,8 +313,8 @@
-
+ Show data only from
current boot. This will add a match
@@ -264,14 +324,43 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Show kernel messages from
+ current boot. This implies
+ and adds the match _TRANSPORT=kernel.
+
+
+
+
+
- Show data only of the
- specified unit. This will add a match
- for _SYSTEMD_UNIT=
- for the specified
- 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.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show messages for the
+ specified user session unit. This will
+ add a match for messages from the unit
+ (_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=
+ and _UID=) and
+ additional matches for messages from
+ session systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.
+ This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+
@@ -310,8 +399,8 @@
-
+ Start showing entries
from the location in the journal
@@ -326,14 +415,15 @@
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
+ 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 omitted, the current
+ day is assumed. Alternatively the strings
yesterday,
today,
tomorrow are
@@ -350,15 +440,67 @@
-
-
+
+
+
+ Print all possible
+ data values the specified field can
+ take in all entries of the
+ journal.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show messages from
+ system services and the kernel (with
+ ). Show
+ messages from service of current user
+ (with ).
+ If neither is specified, show all
+ messages that the user can see.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Takes a directory path
+ as argument. If specified journalctl
+ will operate on the specified journal
+ directory
+ DIR instead
+ of the default runtime and system
+ journal paths.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Takes a file glob as
+ argument. If specified journalctl will
+ operate on the specified journal files
+ matching GLOB
+ instead of the default runtime and
+ system journal paths. May be specified
+ multiple times, in which case files will
+ be suitably interleaved.
+
- 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.
+
+
+
+ Takes a directory path
+ as argument. If specified journalctl
+ will operate on catalog file hierarchy
+ underneath the specified directory
+ instead of the root directory
+ (e.g.
+ will create
+ ROOT/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database).
+
@@ -394,6 +536,53 @@
journal files.
+
+
+
+ List the contents of
+ the message catalog, as table of
+ message IDs plus their short
+ description strings.
+
+ If any
+ ID128s are
+ specified, only those entries are shown.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show the contents of
+ the message catalog, with entries
+ separated by a line consisting of two
+ dashes and the id (the format is the
+ same as .catalog
+ files.
+
+ If any
+ ID128s are
+ specified, only those entries are shown.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
@@ -405,7 +594,10 @@
sealing key is stored in the journal
data directory and shall remain on the
host. The verification key should be
- stored externally.
+ stored externally. Also see the
+ option in
+ journald.conf5
+ for details.
@@ -457,7 +649,7 @@
Environment
-
+ $SYSTEMD_PAGERPager to use when
@@ -490,7 +682,7 @@
journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service _SYSTEMD_UNIT=dbus.service
- If the separator "+" is used
+ If the separator + is used
two expressions may be combined in a logical OR. The
following will show all messages from the Avahi
service process with the PID 28097 plus all messages
@@ -503,7 +695,7 @@
journalctl /usr/bin/dbus-daemon
- Show all logs of the kernel device node /dev/sda:
+ Show all logs of the kernel device node /dev/sda:journalctl /dev/sda