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authorLukas Nykryn <lnykryn@redhat.com>2013-03-01 10:27:10 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-03-01 12:51:24 +0100
commitd89d6c86d9f141e0fb6939b7fc4f5ea068750690 (patch)
tree1a56c1639c0fe526bef756860c03149279546453
parent37d3ab1b7e114f0fb6dfb2e7273569b42794b76a (diff)
journalctl: add --reverse option to show the newest lines first
-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml8
-rw-r--r--src/journal/journalctl.c58
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 5ed0e1fe3f..ca940fec7e 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <term><option>--reverse</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reverse output, so the newest
+ entries are displayed first.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-o</option></term>
<term><option>--output=</option></term>
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 9084509704..4c9862fa6c 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static bool arg_since_set = false, arg_until_set = false;
static const char *arg_unit = NULL;
static const char *arg_field = NULL;
static bool arg_catalog = false;
+static bool arg_reverse = false;
static enum {
ACTION_SHOW,
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ static int help(void) {
" -f --follow Follow journal\n"
" -n --lines[=INTEGER] Number of journal entries to show\n"
" --no-tail Show all lines, even in follow mode\n"
+ " -r --reverse Show the newest entries first\n"
" -o --output=STRING Change journal output mode (short, short-monotonic,\n"
" verbose, export, json, json-pretty, json-sse, cat)\n"
" -x --catalog Add message explanations where available\n"
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
{ "catalog", no_argument, NULL, 'x' },
{ "list-catalog", no_argument, NULL, ARG_LIST_CATALOG },
{ "update-catalog",no_argument, NULL, ARG_UPDATE_CATALOG },
+ { "reverse", no_argument, NULL, 'r' },
{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
};
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
assert(argc >= 0);
assert(argv);
- while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hfo:an::qmbD:p:c:u:F:x", options, NULL)) >= 0) {
+ while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hfo:an::qmbD:p:c:u:F:xr", options, NULL)) >= 0) {
switch (c) {
@@ -424,6 +427,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
arg_action = ACTION_UPDATE_CATALOG;
break;
+ case 'r':
+ arg_reverse = true;
+ break;
+
default:
log_error("Unknown option code %c", c);
return -EINVAL;
@@ -443,6 +450,11 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (arg_follow && arg_reverse) {
+ log_error("Please specify either --reverse= or --follow=, not both.");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
return 1;
}
@@ -997,10 +1009,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
log_error("Failed to seek to cursor: %s", strerror(-r));
goto finish;
}
+ if (!arg_reverse)
+ r = sd_journal_next(j);
+ else
+ r = sd_journal_previous(j);
- r = sd_journal_next(j);
-
- } else if (arg_since_set) {
+ } else if (arg_since_set && !arg_reverse) {
r = sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec(j, arg_since);
if (r < 0) {
log_error("Failed to seek to date: %s", strerror(-r));
@@ -1008,6 +1022,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
}
r = sd_journal_next(j);
+ } else if (arg_until_set && arg_reverse) {
+ r = sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec(j, arg_until);
+ if (r < 0) {
+ log_error("Failed to seek to date: %s", strerror(-r));
+ goto finish;
+ }
+ r = sd_journal_previous(j);
+
} else if (arg_lines >= 0) {
r = sd_journal_seek_tail(j);
if (r < 0) {
@@ -1017,6 +1039,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
r = sd_journal_previous_skip(j, arg_lines);
+ } else if (arg_reverse) {
+ r = sd_journal_seek_tail(j);
+ if (r < 0) {
+ log_error("Failed to seek to tail: %s", strerror(-r));
+ goto finish;
+ }
+
+ r = sd_journal_previous(j);
+
} else {
r = sd_journal_seek_head(j);
if (r < 0) {
@@ -1061,7 +1092,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int flags;
if (need_seek) {
- r = sd_journal_next(j);
+ if(!arg_reverse)
+ r = sd_journal_next(j);
+ else
+ r = sd_journal_previous(j);
if (r < 0) {
log_error("Failed to iterate through journal: %s", strerror(-r));
goto finish;
@@ -1071,7 +1105,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (r == 0)
break;
- if (arg_until_set) {
+ if (arg_until_set && !arg_reverse) {
usec_t usec;
r = sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(j, &usec);
@@ -1083,6 +1117,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
goto finish;
}
+ if (arg_since_set && arg_reverse) {
+ usec_t usec;
+
+ r = sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(j, &usec);
+ if (r < 0) {
+ log_error("Failed to determine timestamp: %s", strerror(-r));
+ goto finish;
+ }
+ if (usec < arg_since)
+ goto finish;
+ }
+
if (!arg_merge) {
sd_id128_t boot_id;