alternatives, i.e. the resulting output will show
entries matching any of the specified matches for the
same field. Finally, if the character
- <literal>+</literal> appears as separate word on the
+ <literal>+</literal> appears as a separate word on the
command line, all matches before and after are combined
in a disjunction (i.e. logical OR).</para>
<command>less</command> 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
- <option>--no-pager</option> and section Environment
- below.</para>
+ keys. Paging can be disabled; see the
+ <option>--no-pager</option> option and the "Environment"
+ section below.</para>
<para>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.
</para>
</refsect1>
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.</para>
+ by the pager, if one is used.</para>
<para>The old options
<option>-l</option>/<option>--full</option>
<term><option>-r</option></term>
<term><option>--reverse</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Reverse output, so the newest
+ <listitem><para>Reverse output so the newest
entries are displayed first.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
but formats them in
multiple lines in order
to make them more
- readable for humans.</para>
+ readable by humans.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>generates a very
- terse output only
+ terse output, only
showing the actual
message of each journal
entry with no meta data,
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>Suppresses any warning
- message regarding inaccessible system
- journals when run as normal
+ messages regarding inaccessible system
+ journals when run as a normal
user.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<replaceable>offset</replaceable> will look up
boots starting from the end of the
journal. Thus, <constant>1</constant> means the
- first boot found in the journal in the
+ first boot found in the journal in
chronological order, <constant>2</constant> the
second and so on; while <constant>-0</constant>
is the last boot, <constant>-1</constant> the
- boot before that, and so on. An empty
+ boot before last, and so on. An empty
<replaceable>offset</replaceable> is equivalent
to specifying <constant>-0</constant>, except
when the current boot is not the last boot
specified to look at logs from a different
machine).</para>
- <para>If the 32 character
+ <para>If the 32-character
<replaceable>ID</replaceable> is specified, it
may optionally be followed by
<replaceable>offset</replaceable> which
values mean earlier boots and a positive values
mean later boots. If
<replaceable>offset</replaceable> is not
- specified, a value of zero is assumed and the
+ specified, a value of zero is assumed, and the
logs for the boot given by
<replaceable>ID</replaceable> are shown.
</para>
<term><option>--list-boots</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show a tabular list of
- boot numbers (relative to current
+ boot numbers (relative to the current
boot), their IDs, and the timestamps
of the first and last message
pertaining to the boot.
<listitem><para>The cursor is shown after the last
entry after two dashes:</para>
<programlisting>-- cursor: s=0639...</programlisting>
- <para>The format of this the cursor is private
- and subject ot change.</para></listitem>
+ <para>The format of the cursor is private
+ and subject to change.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Show messages from
system services and the kernel (with
- <option>--system</option>). Show
+ <option>--system</option>). Show
messages from service of current user
(with <option>--user</option>).
If neither is specified, show all
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--file=<replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a file glob as
+ <listitem><para>Takes a file glob as an
argument. If specified, journalctl will
operate on the specified journal files
matching <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable>
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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>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
<term><option>--new-id128</option></term>
<listitem><para>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
</option></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para>
<para>If any
<listitem><para>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 <filename>.catalog</filename>
- files.</para>
+ files).</para>
<para>If any
<replaceable>ID128</replaceable>s are
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
- <listitem><para>When --setup-keys is passed and
- Forward Secure Sealing has already been set up,
- recreate FSS keys.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>When
+ <option>--setup-keys</option> is passed and
+ Forward Secure Sealing (FSS) has already been
+ configured, recreate FSS keys.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.</para>
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero
+ failure code is returned.</para>
</refsect1>
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