From a1d4404f9ab20159d88fbe9b4ed9a4f3f5b8345e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:08:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] man: mention that "units" are commonly system services Also, provide an example for -u. --- man/journalctl.xml | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index df9c79465..bf187569d 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -503,8 +503,9 @@ Show messages for the specified systemd unit - UNIT, or - for any of the units matched by + UNIT (such + as a service unit), or for any of the + units matched by PATTERN. If a pattern is specified, a list of unit names found in the journal is @@ -911,6 +912,10 @@ journalctl -k -b -1 + Show a live log display from a system service apache.service: + + journalctl -f -u apache + -- 2.30.2