<term><option>--full</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries, and
- truncate unit descriptions in the output of
- <command>list-units</command> and
- <command>list-jobs</command>.</para>
+ <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries,
+ journal output, or truncate unit descriptions in the output
+ of <command>status</command>, <command>list-units</command>,
+ <command>list-jobs</command>, and
+ <command>list-timers</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
applications.</para>
<para><literal>ignore-requirements</literal> is similar to
- <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal> but only causes the
+ <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal>, but only causes the
requirement dependencies to be ignored, the ordering
dependencies will still be honoured.</para>
</listitem>
sleep state. Any user may take these locks and privileged
users may override these locks. If any locks are taken,
shutdown and sleep state requests will normally fail
- (regardless if privileged or not) and a list of active locks
+ (regardless of whether privileged or not) and a list of active locks
is printed. However, if <option>--ignore-inhibitors</option>
is specified, the locks are ignored and not printed, and the
operation attempted anyway, possibly requiring additional
<term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Do not print a legend, i.e. the column headers and
+ <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. the column headers and
the footer with hints.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
with identical immediate effects, however, since the latter
is lost on reboot, the changes are lost too.</para>
- <para>Similar, when used with
+ <para>Similarly, when used with
<command>set-property</command>, make changes only
temporarily, so that they are lost on the next
reboot.</para>
belongs to.</para>
<para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
- output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use
- <command>show</command> instead.</para>
+ output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output,
+ use <command>show</command> instead. By default this
+ function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes
+ lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes
+ with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>,
+ see above. In addition, <command>journalctl
+ --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or
+ <command>journalctl
+ --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use
+ a similar filter for messages and might be more
+ convenient.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<refsect2>
<title>Parameter Syntax</title>
- <para>For unit commands the specified
+ <para>For unit commands, the specified
<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be the full name of the
unit, or an abbreviated name which is automatically extended with
the <literal>.service</literal> suffix.
<programlisting># systemctl status dev-sda.device
# systemctl status home.mount</programlisting></para>
- <para>For unit file commands the
+ <para>For unit file commands, the
specified <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be the full name
of the unit file, or the absolute path to the unit file.
<programlisting># systemctl link /path/to/foo.service</programlisting>