<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
<term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--all</option></term>
+ <term><option>--full</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show all (printable) fields in
+ full.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show all fields in
full, even if they include unprintable
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--follow</option></term>
<term><option>-f</option></term>
+ <term><option>--follow</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show only the most recent
journal entries, and continuously print
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <term><option>--pager-end</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Immediately jump to
+ the end of the journal inside the
+ implied pager tool. This implies
+ <option>-n1000</option> to guarantee
+ that the pager won't buffer logs of
+ unbounded size. This may be overriden
+ with an explicit <option>-n</option>
+ with some other numeric value on the
+ command line. Note that this option is
+ only supported for the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ pager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Show the most recent
+ journal events and limit the number of
+ events shown. If
+ <option>--follow</option> is used,
+ this option is implied. The argument,
+ a positive integer, is optional, and
+ defaults to 10. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <term><option>--reverse</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reverse output, so the newest
+ entries are displayed first.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-o</option></term>
+ <term><option>--output=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Controls the
formatting of the journal entries that
information). <literal>json</literal>
formats entries as JSON data
structures, one per
- line. <literal>json-pretty</literal>
+ line (see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
+ JSON Format</ulink> for more
+ information). <literal>json-pretty</literal>
also formats entries as JSON data
structures, but formats them in
multiple lines in order to make them
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
+ <term><option>-x</option></term>
+ <term><option>--catalog</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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 <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog">Message
+ Catalog Developer
+ Documentation</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>Suppresses any warning
message regarding inaccessible system
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--merge</option></term>
<term><option>-m</option></term>
+ <term><option>--merge</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show entries
interleaved from all available
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--this-boot</option></term>
<term><option>-b</option></term>
+ <term><option>--this-boot</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show data only from
current boot. This will add a match
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--unit=</option></term>
<term><option>-u</option></term>
+ <term><option>--unit=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show data only of the
specified unit. This will add a match
unit.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--user-unit=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show data only of the
+ specified user session unit. This will
+ add a match for
+ <literal>_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=</literal>
+ for the specified
+ unit.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-p</option></term>
<term><option>--priority=</option></term>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--cursor=</option></term>
<term><option>-c</option></term>
+ <term><option>--cursor=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Start showing entries
from the location in the journal
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
+ date component is omitted, the
current day is assumed. Alternatively
the strings
<literal>yesterday</literal>,
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--directory=</option></term>
+ <term><option>-F</option></term>
+ <term><option>--field=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Print all possible
+ data values the specified field can
+ take in all entries of the
+ journal.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-D</option></term>
+ <term><option>--directory=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Takes an absolute
directory path as argument. If
journal files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--list-catalog</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List the contents of
+ the message catalog, as table of
+ message IDs plus their short
+ description strings.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--update-catalog</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--setup-keys</option></term>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Pager to use when
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