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systemctl: Add SYSTEMD_PAGER for setting the pager to use in systemctl
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                                 they are set or not.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--failed</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When listing units,
+                                show only failed units. Do not confuse
+                                with
+                                <option>--fail</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--full</option></term>
 
                                 unfinished job, fail the command. If
                                 this is not specified the requested
                                 operation will replace the pending job,
-                                if necessary.</para></listitem>
+                                if necessary. Do not confuse
+                                with
+                                <option>--failed</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--ignore-dependencies</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When enqueuing a new
+                                job ignore all its dependencies and
+                                execute it immediately. If passed no
+                                required units of the unit passed will
+                                be pulled in, and no ordering
+                                dependencies will be honoured. This is
+                                mostly a debugging and rescue tool for
+                                the administrator and should not be
+                                used by
+                                applications.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 argument it is only verified and
                                 enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
+
+                               <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
+                               pager.</para></listitem>
+                       </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--system</option></term>
 
                                 <command>kill</command>, choose the
                                 mode how to kill the selected
                                 processes. Must be one of
-                                <option>control-group</option>,
-                                <option>process-group</option> or
+                                <option>control-group</option> or
                                 <option>process</option> to select
                                 whether to kill the entire control
-                                group, the process group or only the
-                                selected process itself. If omitted
-                                defaults to
+                                group or only the selected process
+                                itself. If omitted defaults to
                                 <option>control-group</option> if
                                 <option>--kill-who=all</option> is
                                 set, or <option>process</option>
                                 file that shall be
                                 disabled.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-H</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--host</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Execute operation
+                                remotely. Specify a hostname, or
+                                username and hostname separated by @,
+                                to connect to. This will use SSH to
+                                talk to the remote systemd
+                                instance.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-P</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via
+                                PolicyKit before executing the
+                                operation.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Restart one or more
                                 units specified on the command
-                                line. If the units are not running yet
-                                the operation will
-                                fail.</para></listitem>
+                                line if the units are running. Do
+                                nothing if units are not running.
+                                Note that for compatibility
+                                with Red Hat init scripts
+                                <command>condrestart</command> is
+                                equivalent to this command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Reload one or more
+                                units if they support it. If not,
+                                restart them instead. If the units
+                                are not running yet they will be
+                                started.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Reload one or more
                                 units if they support it. If not,
-                                restart them instead. Note that for
-                                compatibility with SysV and Red Hat
-                                init scripts
-                                <command>force-reload</command> and
-                                <command>condrestart</command> may be
-                                used as equivalent commands to
-                                <command>reload-or-try-restart</command>.</para></listitem>
+                                restart them instead. Do nothing if
+                                the units are not running. Note that
+                                for compatibility with SysV init
+                                scripts
+                                <command>force-reload</command> is
+                                equivalent to this
+                                command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term>
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Environment</title>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Pager to use when
+                                <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
+                                overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>.  Setting
+                                this to an empty string or the value
+                                <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
+                                <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>