+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>check [NAME...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Check whether any of
+ the specified units is active
+ (i.e. running). Returns 0 if at least
+ one is active, non-zero
+ otherwise. Unless
+ <option>--quiet</option> is specified
+ this will also print the current unit
+ state to STDOUT.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status [NAME...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show short status
+ information about one or more
+ units. This shows terse runtime
+ information about
+ units.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of
+ one or more units, jobs or the manager
+ itself. If no argument is specified
+ properties of the manager will be
+ shown. If a unit name is specified
+ properties of the unit is shown,
+ and if a job id is specified
+ properties of the job is
+ shown.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Load one or more units
+ specified on the command line. This
+ will simply load their configuration
+ from disk, but not start them. To
+ start them you need to use the
+ <command>start</command> command which
+ will implicitly load a unit that has
+ not been loaded yet. Note that systemd
+ garbage collects loaded units that are
+ not active or referenced by an active
+ unit. This means that units loaded
+ this way will usually not stay loaded
+ for long. Also note that this command
+ cannot be used to reload unit
+ configuration. Use the
+ <command>daemon-reload</command>
+ command for that. All in all, this
+ command is of little use except for
+ debugging.</para>
+ <para>This command should not be
+ confused with the
+ <command>daemon-reload</command> or
+ <command>reload</command>
+ commands.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-jobs</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Cancel one or more
+ jobs specified on the command line by
+ their numeric job
+ IDs.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>clear-jobs</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Cancel all jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>