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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 4208fb4ed..23bb96051 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
- journalctl OPTIONSMATCHES
+ journalctl
+ OPTIONS
+ MATCHES
@@ -62,11 +64,11 @@
journal as written by
systemd-journald.service8.
- If called without parameter it will show the full
+ If called without parameters, it will show the full
contents of the journal, starting with the oldest
entry collected.
- If one or more match arguments are passed the
+ If one or more match arguments are passed, the
output is filtered accordingly. A match is in the
format FIELD=VALUE,
e.g. _SYSTEMD_UNIT=httpd.service,
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@
entry. See
systemd.journal-fields7
for a list of well-known fields. If multiple matches
- are specified matching different fields the log
+ are specified matching different fields, the log
entries are filtered by both, i.e. the resulting output
will show only entries matching all the specified
matches of this kind. If two matches apply to the same
@@ -82,29 +84,43 @@
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
- command line all matches before and after are combined
+ + appears as a separate word on the
+ command line, all matches before and after are combined
in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR).As shortcuts for a few types of field/value
- matches file paths may be specified. If a file path
+ matches, file paths may be specified. If a file path
refers to an executable file, this is equivalent to an
_EXE= match for the canonicalized
- binary path. Similar, if a path refers to a device
+ binary path. Similarly, if a path refers to a device
node, this is equivalent to a
_KERNEL_DEVICE= match for the
device.Output is interleaved from all accessible
journal files, whether they are rotated or currently
- being written, and regardless whether they belong to the
+ being written, and regardless of whether they belong to the
system itself or are accessible user journals.All users are granted access to their private
- per-user journals. However, by default only root and
- users who are members of the adm
+ per-user journals. However, by default, only root and
+ users who are members of the systemd-journal
group get access to the system journal and the
journals of other users.
+
+ The output is paged through
+ 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 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.
+
@@ -114,8 +130,8 @@
-
+ Prints a short help
text and exits.
@@ -136,8 +152,25 @@
-
+
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+ The old options
+ /
+ are not useful anymore, except to undo
+ .
+
+
+
+ Show all fields in
full, even if they include unprintable
@@ -146,8 +179,8 @@
-
+ Show only the most recent
journal entries, and continuously print
@@ -156,19 +189,34 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Immediately jump to
+ the end of the journal inside the
+ implied pager tool. This implies
+ to guarantee
+ that the pager will not buffer logs of
+ unbounded size. This may be overridden
+ with an explicit
+ with some other numeric value on the
+ command line. Note that this option is
+ only supported for the
+ less1
+ pager.
+
+
+
+
- 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.
@@ -181,70 +229,209 @@
-
+
+
+
+ Reverse output so the newest
+ entries are displayed first.
+
+
+
+ Controls the
formatting of the journal entries that
- are shown. Takes one of
- short,
- short-monotonic,
- verbose,
- export,
- json,
- json-pretty,
- json-sse,
- cat. short
- is the default and generates an output
- that is mostly identical to the
- formatting of classic syslog log
- files, showing one line per journal
- entry. short-monotonic
- is very similar but shows monotonic
- timestamps instead of wallclock
- timestamps. verbose
- shows the full structured entry items
- with all
- fields. export
- serializes the journal into a binary
- (but mostly text-based) stream
- suitable for backups and network
- transfer (see Journal
- Export Format for more
- information). json
- formats entries as JSON data
- structures, one per
- line. json-pretty
- also formats entries as JSON data
- structures, but formats them in
- multiple lines in order to make them
- more readable for
- 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
- even a timestamp.
+ are shown. Takes one of the following options:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ is the default
+ and generates an output
+ that is mostly identical
+ to the formatting of
+ classic syslog files,
+ showing one line per
+ journal entry.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ is very similar,
+ but shows ISO 8601
+ wallclock timestamps.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ is very similar,
+ but shows timestamps
+ with full microsecond
+ precision.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ is very similar,
+ but shows monotonic
+ timestamps instead of
+ wallclock timestamps.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ shows the
+ full-structured entry
+ items with all fields.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ serializes the
+ journal into a binary
+ (but mostly text-based)
+ stream suitable for
+ backups and network
+ transfer (see Journal
+ Export Format
+ for more
+ information).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ formats entries
+ as JSON data structures,
+ one per line (see Journal
+ JSON Format for
+ more information).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ formats entries as
+ JSON data structures,
+ but formats them in
+ multiple lines in order
+ to make them more
+ readable by humans.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ formats entries as
+ JSON data structures,
+ but wraps them in a
+ format suitable for Server-Sent
+ Events.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ generates a very
+ terse output, only
+ showing the actual
+ message of each journal
+ entry with no meta data,
+ not even a timestamp.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ 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 Message
+ Catalog Developer
+ Documentation.
+
+ Note: when attaching
+ journalctl output
+ to bug reports, please do
+ not use
+ .
+
-
+ Suppresses any warning
- message regarding inaccessible system
- journals when run as normal
+ messages regarding inaccessible system
+ journals when run as a normal
user.
-
+ Show entries
interleaved from all available
@@ -253,25 +440,101 @@
-
-
+
+
+
+ Show messages from a specific
+ boot. This will add a match for
+ _BOOT_ID=.
+
+ 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 data only from
- current boot. This will add a match
- for _BOOT_ID= for
- the current boot ID of the
- kernel.
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show only kernel messages. This
+ implies and adds the match
+ _TRANSPORT=kernel.
+
-
+
- Show data only of the
- specified unit. This will add a match
- for _SYSTEMD_UNIT=
- for the specified
- unit.
+ Show messages for the
+ specified systemd unit. This will add
+ a match for messages from the unit
+ (_SYSTEMD_UNIT=)
+ and additional matches for messages
+ from systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.
+ This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show messages for the
+ specified user session unit. This will
+ add a match for messages from the unit
+ (_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=
+ and _UID=) and
+ additional matches for messages from
+ session systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.
+ This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+
@@ -297,10 +560,10 @@
notice (5),
info (6),
debug (7). If a
- single log level is specified all
+ single log level is specified, all
messages with this log level or a
lower (hence more important) log level
- are shown. If a range is specified all
+ 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. This will add
@@ -310,8 +573,8 @@
-
+ Start showing entries
from the location in the journal
@@ -319,6 +582,28 @@
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.
+
+
@@ -326,14 +611,15 @@
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
+ 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 omitted, the current
+ day is assumed. Alternatively the strings
yesterday,
today,
tomorrow are
@@ -350,8 +636,8 @@
+
- Print all possible
data values the specified field can
@@ -360,28 +646,80 @@
-
-
+
+
+
+ Show messages from
+ system services and the kernel (with
+ ). Show
+ messages from service of current user
+ (with ).
+ If neither is specified, show all
+ messages that the user can see.
+
+
+
+
+
+
- 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 messages from a
+ running, local container. Specify a
+ container name to connect
+ to.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Takes a directory path
+ as argument. If specified, journalctl
+ will operate on the specified journal
+ directory
+ DIR instead
+ of the default runtime and system
+ journal paths.
+
+
+
+
+
+ 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
+ be suitably interleaved.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Takes a directory path
+ as an argument. If specified, journalctl
+ will operate on catalog file hierarchy
+ underneath the specified directory
+ instead of the root directory
+ (e.g.
+ will create
+ ROOT/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database).
+ 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
introduce and want to make
- recognizable. Will print the new ID in
+ recognizable. This will print the new ID in
three different formats which can be
copied into source code or
similar.
@@ -391,7 +729,7 @@
Instead of showing
- journal contents show internal header
+ journal contents, show internal header
information of the journal fields
accessed.
@@ -404,25 +742,84 @@
journal files.
+
+
+
+ List the contents of
+ the message catalog as a table of
+ message IDs, plus their short
+ description strings.
+
+ If any
+ 128-bit-IDs are
+ specified, only those entries are shown.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Show the contents of
+ the message catalog, with entries
+ separated by a line consisting of two
+ dashes and the ID (the format is the
+ same as .catalog
+ files).
+
+ If any
+ 128-bit-IDs are
+ specified, only those entries are shown.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
Instead of showing
- journal contents generate a new key
+ journal contents, generate a new key
pair for Forward Secure Sealing
(FSS). This will generate a sealing
key and a verification key. The
sealing key is stored in the journal
data directory and shall remain on the
host. The verification key should be
- stored externally.
+ stored externally. Also see the
+ option in
+ journald.conf5
+ for details.
+
+
+
+
+
+ When
+ is passed and
+ Forward Secure Sealing (FSS) has already been
+ configured, recreate FSS keys.Specifies the change
- interval for the sealing key, when
+ interval for the sealing key when
generating an FSS key pair with
. Shorter
intervals increase CPU consumption but
@@ -438,9 +835,9 @@
Check the journal file
for internal consistency. If the
file has been generated with FSS
- enabled, and the FSS verification key
+ enabled and the FSS verification key
has been specified with
-
+ ,
authenticity of the journal file is
verified.
@@ -460,14 +857,14 @@
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.Environment
-
+ $SYSTEMD_PAGERPager to use when
@@ -483,24 +880,24 @@
Examples
- Without arguments all collected logs are shown
+ Without arguments, all collected logs are shown
unfiltered:journalctl
- With one match specified all entries with a field matching the expression are shown:
+ With one match specified, all entries with a field matching the expression are shown:journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service
- If two different fields are matched only entries matching both expressions at the same time are shown:
+ If two different fields are matched, only entries matching both expressions at the same time are shown:journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service _PID=28097
- If two matches refer to the same field all entries matching either expression are shown:
+ If two matches refer to the same field, all entries matching either expression are shown:journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=avahi-daemon.service _SYSTEMD_UNIT=dbus.service
- If the separator "+" is used
+ If the separator + is used,
two expressions may be combined in a logical OR. The
following will show all messages from the Avahi
service process with the PID 28097 plus all messages
@@ -513,10 +910,14 @@
journalctl /usr/bin/dbus-daemon
- Show all logs of the kernel device node /dev/sda:
+ Show all logs of the kernel device node /dev/sda:journalctl /dev/sda
+ Show all kernel logs from previous boot:
+
+ journalctl -k -b -1
+