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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-03-12 23:33:46 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-03-12 23:33:46 +0100
commit8fcf784dffba1ca24c2790b96c18dd689d4981fb (patch)
tree44d53405c191ce11ac3e3cc9f77b1a63f15de8fe /man/systemctl.xml
parent0851062751fe5083326308b9901527fc4b234919 (diff)
systemctl: when "systemctl status" is called without arguments show a short overall system state
Previously "systemctl status" without argument would print the status of all loaded units. This has now been moved to "systemctl status -a".
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@@ -672,10 +672,11 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<listitem>
<para>Show terse runtime status information about one or
more units, followed by most recent log data from the
- journal. If no units are specified, show all units (subject
- to limitations specified with <option>-t</option>). If a PID
- is passed, show information about the unit the process
- belongs to.</para>
+ journal. If no units are specified, show system status. If
+ combined with <option>--all</option> also shows status of
+ all units (subject to limitations specified with
+ <option>-t</option>). If a PID is passed, show information
+ about the unit the process belongs to.</para>
<para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output,