+ <term><option>-m</option></term>
+ <term><option>--merge</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show entries
+ interleaved from all available
+ journals, including remote
+ ones.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-b <optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable></optional><optional><replaceable>±offset</replaceable></optional></option></term>
+ <term><option>--boot=<optional><replaceable>ID</replaceable></optional><optional><replaceable>±offset</replaceable></optional></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show messages from a specific
+ boot. This will add a match for
+ <literal>_BOOT_ID=</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>The argument may be empty, in which case
+ logs for the current boot will be shown.</para>
+
+ <para>If the boot ID is omitted, a positive
+ <replaceable>offset</replaceable> will look up
+ the boots starting from the beginning of the
+ journal, and a equal-or-less-than zero
+ <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
+ chronological order, <constant>2</constant> the
+ second and so on; while <constant>-0</constant>
+ is the last boot, <constant>-1</constant> the
+ 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
+ (e.g. because <option>--directory</option> was
+ specified to look at logs from a different
+ machine).</para>
+
+ <para>If the 32-character
+ <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is specified, it
+ may optionally be followed by
+ <replaceable>offset</replaceable> which
+ identifies the boot relative to the one given by
+ boot <replaceable>ID</replaceable>. Negative
+ 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
+ logs for the boot given by
+ <replaceable>ID</replaceable> are shown.
+ </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--list-boots</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-k</option></term>
+ <term><option>--dmesg</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show only kernel messages. This
+ implies <option>-b</option> and adds the match
+ <literal>_TRANSPORT=kernel</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-u</option></term>
+ <term><option>--unit=<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable>|<replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show messages for the
+ specified systemd unit
+ <replaceable>UNIT</replaceable>, or
+ for any of the units matched by
+ <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>.
+ If a pattern is specified, a list of
+ unit names found in the journal is
+ compared with the specified pattern
+ and all that match are used. For each
+ unit name, a match is added for
+ messages from the unit
+ (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable></literal>),
+ along with additional matches for
+ messages from systemd and messages
+ about coredumps for the specified
+ unit.</para>
+
+ <para>This parameter can be specified
+ multiple times.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--user-unit=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show messages for the
+ specified user session unit. This will
+ add a match for messages from the unit
+ (<literal>_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=</literal>
+ and <literal>_UID=</literal>) and
+ additional matches for messages from
+ session systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.</para>
+ <para>This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--priority=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Filter output by
+ message priorities or priority
+ ranges. Takes either a single numeric
+ or textual log level (i.e. between
+ 0/<literal>emerg</literal> and
+ 7/<literal>debug</literal>), or a
+ range of numeric/text log levels in
+ the form FROM..TO. The log levels are
+ the usual syslog log levels as
+ documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ i.e. <literal>emerg</literal> (0),
+ <literal>alert</literal> (1),
+ <literal>crit</literal> (2),
+ <literal>err</literal> (3),
+ <literal>warning</literal> (4),
+ <literal>notice</literal> (5),
+ <literal>info</literal> (6),
+ <literal>debug</literal> (7). If a
+ 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
+ messages within the range are shown,
+ including both the start and the end
+ value of the range. This will add
+ <literal>PRIORITY=</literal> matches
+ for the specified
+ priorities.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-c</option></term>
+ <term><option>--cursor=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Start showing entries
+ from the location in the journal
+ specified by the passed
+ cursor.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--after-cursor=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Start showing entries
+ from the location in the journal
+ <emphasis>after</emphasis> the
+ location specified by the this cursor.
+ The cursor is shown when the
+ <option>--show-cursor</option> option
+ is used.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--show-cursor</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The cursor is shown after the last
+ entry after two dashes:</para>
+ <programlisting>-- cursor: s=0639...</programlisting>
+ <para>The format of the cursor is private
+ and subject to change.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--since=</option></term>
+ <term><option>--until=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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
+ <literal>2012-10-30 18:17:16</literal>.
+ If the time part is omitted,
+ <literal>00:00:00</literal> is assumed.
+ If only the seconds component is omitted,
+ <literal>:00</literal> is assumed. If the
+ date component is omitted, the current
+ day is assumed. Alternatively the strings
+ <literal>yesterday</literal>,
+ <literal>today</literal>,
+ <literal>tomorrow</literal> 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. <literal>now</literal>
+ refers to the current time. Finally,
+ relative times may be specified,
+ prefixed with <literal>-</literal> or
+ <literal>+</literal>, referring to
+ times before or after the current
+ time, respectively.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>