X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fjournalctl.xml;h=026bb22940d502e8c2b369d0bad5f176589313d7;hp=651a8a56ad99bc6c9c9ad07ae86f230ebb416579;hb=f8a2ebbc503c23210300ade56c1fb71c85c40a59;hpb=8f14c8327b1c2b578bbf1235723a77931c3d0223 diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 651a8a56a..026bb2294 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 @@ -214,12 +212,20 @@ 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 @@ -251,28 +257,21 @@ Show data only from - current boot. + current boot. This will add a match + for _BOOT_ID= for + the current boot ID of the + kernel. - - - - Jump to the location - in the journal specified by the passed - cursor. - - - - - - - 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. @@ -304,7 +303,72 @@ 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.