X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fjournalctl.xml;h=23bb96051dc98bd852a85d24a79ef80f8f22de99;hp=3e03c45f1372fb1f566fa00118973a765ec27f0d;hb=9a7adc9a0ed53d6e422321e9196eb83d18afcba5;hpb=248fc619b5e3e24d78f171f95b85916eee7987bd diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 3e03c45f1..23bb96051 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -84,7 +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 a separate word on the command line, all matches before and after are combined in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR). @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ All users are granted access to their private per-user journals. However, by default, only root and - users who are members of the adm + users who are members of the systemd-journal group get access to the system journal and the journals of other users. @@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ less by default, and long lines are "truncated" to screen width. The hidden part can be viewed by using the left-arrow and right-arrow - keys. Paging can be disabled, see - and section Environment - below. + keys. Paging can be disabled; see the + option and the "Environment" + section below. When outputing to a tty, lines are colored according to priority: lines of level ERROR and higher - are colored red, lines of level NOTICE and higher are - highlighted, and other lines are displayed normally. + are colored red; lines of level NOTICE and higher are + highlighted; and other lines are displayed normally. @@ -152,11 +152,20 @@ - + + + + Ellipsize fields when + they do not fit in available columns. + The default is to show full fields, + allowing them to wrap or be truncated + by the pager, if one is used. - Show all (printable) fields in - full. + The old options + / + are not useful anymore, except to undo + . @@ -223,7 +232,7 @@ - Reverse output, so the newest + Reverse output so the newest entries are displayed first. @@ -251,12 +260,37 @@ + + + + + + is very similar, + but shows ISO 8601 + wallclock timestamps. + + + + + + + + + + is very similar, + but shows timestamps + with full microsecond + precision. + + + + - is very similar + is very similar, but shows monotonic timestamps instead of wallclock timestamps. @@ -318,7 +352,7 @@ but formats them in multiple lines in order to make them more - readable for humans. + readable by humans. @@ -342,7 +376,7 @@ generates a very - terse output only + terse output, only showing the actual message of each journal entry with no meta data, @@ -367,7 +401,7 @@ context of an error or log event, possible solutions, as well as pointers to support forums, developer - documentation and any other relevant + documentation, and any other relevant manuals. Note that help texts are not available for all messages, but only for selected ones. For more @@ -375,7 +409,14 @@ please refer to the Message Catalog Developer - Documentation. + Documentation. + + Note: when attaching + journalctl output + to bug reports, please do + not use + . + @@ -383,8 +424,8 @@ Suppresses any warning - message regarding inaccessible system - journals when run as normal + messages regarding inaccessible system + journals when run as a normal user. @@ -399,42 +440,61 @@ - - + + - Show messages from the specified - boot ID or from - current boot if no ID - is given. This will add a match for + Show messages from a specific + boot. This will add a match for _BOOT_ID=. - The argument is a 128 bit ID given in - short or UUID form and optionally followed by - :n which identifies the nth - boot relative to the boot ID given to the left - of :. Supplying a negative - value for n will look for a past boot and a - positive value for a future boot. The boot IDs - are searched for in chronological order. If no - number is provided after :, - -1 is assumed. A value of 0 - is valid and equivalent to omitting - :0. - - Alternatively, the argument may constist - only of :n. In this case, a - positive value will look up the nth boot - starting from the beginning of the jouranl, a - negative value will look up a previous boot - relative to the current boot. :0 - will look for the current boot ID. Thus, - :1 is the first boot found in - the journal, :2 the second - and so on; while :-1 is the - previous boot, :-2 the boot - before that and so on. Omitting a value after - : will look for the previous - boot. + The argument may be empty, in which case + logs for the current boot will be shown. + + If the boot ID is omitted, a positive + offset will look up + the boots starting from the beginning of the + journal, and a equal-or-less-than zero + offset will look up + boots starting from the end of the + journal. Thus, 1 means the + first boot found in the journal in + chronological order, 2 the + second and so on; while -0 + is the last boot, -1 the + boot before last, and so on. An empty + offset is equivalent + to specifying -0, except + when the current boot is not the last boot + (e.g. because was + specified to look at logs from a different + machine). + + If the 32-character + ID is specified, it + may optionally be followed by + offset which + identifies the boot relative to the one given by + boot ID. Negative + values mean earlier boots and a positive values + mean later boots. If + offset is not + specified, a value of zero is assumed, and the + logs for the boot given by + ID are shown. + + + + + + + + + Show a tabular list of + boot numbers (relative to the current + boot), their IDs, and the timestamps + of the first and last message + pertaining to the boot. + @@ -525,11 +585,23 @@ - Start showing entries from the - location in the journal - after the location - specified by the this cursor. - + Start showing entries + from the location in the journal + after the + location specified by the this cursor. + The cursor is shown when the + option + is used. + + + + + + The cursor is shown after the last + entry after two dashes: + -- cursor: s=0639... + The format of the cursor is private + and subject to change. @@ -579,7 +651,7 @@ Show messages from system services and the kernel (with - ). Show + ). Show messages from service of current user (with ). If neither is specified, show all @@ -587,6 +659,16 @@ + + + + + Show messages from a + running, local container. Specify a + container name to connect + to. + + @@ -603,13 +685,13 @@ - Takes a file glob as + Takes a file glob as an 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 + multiple times, in which case, files will be suitably interleaved. @@ -617,7 +699,7 @@ Takes a directory path - as argument. If specified, journalctl + as an argument. If specified, journalctl will operate on catalog file hierarchy underneath the specified directory instead of the root directory @@ -631,8 +713,8 @@ Instead of showing - journal contents, generate a new 128 - bit ID suitable for identifying + journal contents, generate a new 128-bit + ID suitable for identifying messages. This is intended for usage by developers who need a new identifier for a new message they @@ -662,16 +744,16 @@ List the contents of - the message catalog, as table of - message IDs plus their short + the message catalog as a table of + message IDs, plus their short description strings. If any - ID128s are + 128-bit-IDs are specified, only those entries are shown. @@ -679,18 +761,18 @@ Show the contents of the message catalog, with entries separated by a line consisting of two - dashes and the id (the format is the + dashes and the ID (the format is the same as .catalog - files. + files). If any - ID128s are + 128-bit-IDs are specified, only those entries are shown. @@ -702,7 +784,7 @@ Update the message catalog index. This command needs to be executed each time new catalog - files are installed, removed or + files are installed, removed, or updated to rebuild the binary catalog index. @@ -727,9 +809,10 @@ - When --setup-keys is passed and - Forward Secure Sealing has already been set up, - recreate FSS keys. + When + is passed and + Forward Secure Sealing (FSS) has already been + configured, recreate FSS keys. @@ -774,8 +857,8 @@ Exit status - On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure - code otherwise. + On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero + failure code is returned. @@ -831,9 +914,9 @@ journalctl /dev/sda - Show all kernel logs from last boot: + Show all kernel logs from previous boot: - journalctl -k -b : + journalctl -k -b -1