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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 14 |
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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 8ce8661a8e..d454df6477 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -719,8 +719,18 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service belongs to.</para> <para>This function is intended to generate human-readable - output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use - <command>show</command> instead.</para> + output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, + use <command>show</command> instead. By default this + function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes + lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes + with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>, + see above. In addition, <command>journalctl + --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or + <command>journalctl + --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use + a similar filter for messages and might be more + convenient. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |