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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2014-08-18 19:08:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2014-08-18 19:08:03 +0200 |
| commit | a1d4404f9ab20159d88fbe9b4ed9a4f3f5b8345e (patch) | |
| tree | 6b5d97ff2ad8361d21251bbea8f3628c9057eab9 /man/journalctl.xml | |
| parent | ea352b409eec5ea1a430fde176dd5ea57698a6a6 (diff) | |
man: mention that "units" are commonly system services
Also, provide an example for -u.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/journalctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/journalctl.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index df9c79465f..bf187569d0 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -503,8 +503,9 @@ <listitem><para>Show messages for the specified systemd unit - <replaceable>UNIT</replaceable>, or - for any of the units matched by + <replaceable>UNIT</replaceable> (such + as a service unit), or for any of the + units matched by <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>. If a pattern is specified, a list of unit names found in the journal is @@ -911,6 +912,10 @@ <programlisting>journalctl -k -b -1</programlisting> + <para>Show a live log display from a system service <filename>apache.service</filename>:</para> + + <programlisting>journalctl -f -u apache</programlisting> + </refsect1> <refsect1> |