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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 /man/journalctl.xml
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
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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>