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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2013-07-15 21:03:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2013-07-15 21:34:57 -0400 |
| commit | 77a9e8de6572db6ba5ca49023937b67fc835f356 (patch) | |
| tree | c590d1f5927280f4b04edfda788e11467d277397 /man/journalctl.xml | |
| parent | 8cf3ca80680b43015971cbbf4625517ae859d50c (diff) | |
man: add note about paging and colors to journalctl(1)
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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 71b1babb10..b8b29b4cb5 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -107,6 +107,20 @@ users who are members of the <literal>adm</literal> group get access to the system journal and the journals of other users.</para> + + <para>The output is paged through + <command>less</command> by default, and long lines are + "truncated" to screen width. The hidden part can be + viewed by using the left-arrow and right-arrow + keys. Paging can be disabled, see + <option>--no-pager</option> and section Environment + below.</para> + + <para>When outputing to a tty, lines are colored + according to priority: lines of level ERROR and higher + are colored red, lines of level NOTICE and higher are + highlighted, and other lines are displayed normally. + </para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |