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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2012-10-23 11:10:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2012-10-23 11:21:48 +0200 |
| commit | 2eb8e90ff9380fe38b9539a3fd5cf25b8d880f22 (patch) | |
| tree | 2316c0e144b6c4bed52bc383acc98beeced2c4d9 /man | |
| parent | eac223e1348917ac8eb0ddba740f330c3e550c5b (diff) | |
man: reword journalctl -n description
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/journalctl.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index bcf50cbd51..9bc0153a9b 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -159,16 +159,13 @@ <term><option>--lines=</option></term> <term><option>-n</option></term> - <listitem><para>Controls the number of - journal lines to show, counting from - the most recent ones. The argument is - optional, and if specified is a - positive integer. If not specified and - in follow mode defaults to 10. If this - option is not passed and follow mode - is not enabled, how many lines are - shown is not - limited.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Show the most recent + journal events and limit the number of + events shown. If + <option>--follow</option> is used, + this option is implied. The argument, + a positive integer, is optional, and + defaults to 10. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |