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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-10-06 21:55:18 -0400
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-10-07 23:41:05 -0400
commit2b8f6883a17b9386299b7690869ccd8e20fe0347 (patch)
tree87443fac154486e081b00d56a19aadc7a1f607a1
parentc26547d612733371494330e26c7d3604a5dba3d9 (diff)
journalctl: flip to --full by default
We already shew lines in full when using a pager or not on a tty. The commit disables ellipsization in the sole remaining case, namely when --follow is used. This has been a popular request for a long time, and indeed, full output seems much more useful. Old behaviour can still be requested by using --no-full. Old options retain their behaviour for compatiblity, but aren't advertised as much. This change applies only to jornalctl, not to systemctl, when ellipsization is useful to keep the layout. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984758
-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml15
-rw-r--r--src/journal/journalctl.c12
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index b5a0c539ca..2ce81a0563 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -152,11 +152,20 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-l</option></term>
+ <term><option>--no-full</option></term>
<term><option>--full</option></term>
+ <term><option>-l</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Ellipsize fields when
+ they don't 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>
- <listitem><para>Show all (printable) fields in
- full.</para></listitem>
+ <para>Old options
+ <option>-l</option>/<option>--full</option>
+ not useful anymore, except to undo
+ <option>--no-full</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 9a2d255361..2f8be1b83e 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
static OutputMode arg_output = OUTPUT_SHORT;
static bool arg_pager_end = false;
static bool arg_follow = false;
-static bool arg_full = false;
+static bool arg_full = true;
static bool arg_all = false;
static bool arg_no_pager = false;
static int arg_lines = -1;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int help(void) {
" short-precise, short-monotonic, verbose,\n"
" export, json, json-pretty, json-sse, cat)\n"
" -x --catalog Add message explanations where available\n"
- " -l --full Do not ellipsize fields\n"
+ " --no-full Ellipsize fields\n"
" -a --all Show all fields, including long and unprintable\n"
" -q --quiet Don't show privilege warning\n"
" --no-pager Do not pipe output into a pager\n"
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
enum {
ARG_VERSION = 0x100,
ARG_NO_PAGER,
+ ARG_NO_FULL,
ARG_NO_TAIL,
ARG_NEW_ID128,
ARG_USER,
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
{ "output", required_argument, NULL, 'o' },
{ "all", no_argument, NULL, 'a' },
{ "full", no_argument, NULL, 'l' },
+ { "no-full", no_argument, NULL, ARG_NO_FULL },
{ "lines", optional_argument, NULL, 'n' },
{ "no-tail", no_argument, NULL, ARG_NO_TAIL },
{ "new-id128", no_argument, NULL, ARG_NEW_ID128 },
@@ -298,6 +300,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
arg_full = true;
break;
+ case ARG_NO_FULL:
+ arg_full = false;
+ break;
+
case 'a':
arg_all = true;
break;
@@ -1622,7 +1628,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
flags =
arg_all * OUTPUT_SHOW_ALL |
- (arg_full || !on_tty() || pager_have()) * OUTPUT_FULL_WIDTH |
+ arg_full * OUTPUT_FULL_WIDTH |
on_tty() * OUTPUT_COLOR |
arg_catalog * OUTPUT_CATALOG;