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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/journalctl.xml | 14 |
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@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Features: - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends. - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached. - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header - - journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages + - journalctl: expand tabs - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal 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> |