journalctl: add --priority= switch for filtering by priority

[elogind.git] / man / journalctl.xml

diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 922ff4fe06dc9b67c248211162a8526083903753..cd17ca6ae7fb33d5e3b3723bdb8d087254e6db9d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -270,6 +270,38 @@
                                 accessed.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-p</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--priority=</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Filter output by
+                                message priorities or priority
+                                ranges. Takes either a single numeric
+                                or textual log level (i.e. between
+                                0/<literal>emerg</literal> and
+                                7/<literal>debug</literal>), or a
+                                range of numeric/text log levels in
+                                the form FROM..TO. The log levels are
+                                the usual syslog log levels as
+                                documented in
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                i.e. <literal>emerg</literal> (0),
+                                <literal>alert</literal> (1),
+                                <literal>crit</literal> (2),
+                                <literal>err</literal> (3),
+                                <literal>warning</literal> (4),
+                                <literal>notice</literal> (5),
+                                <literal>info</literal> (6),
+                                <literal>debug</literal> (7). If a
+                                single log level is specified all
+                                messages with this log levels or a
+                                lower (hence more important) log level
+                                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.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>