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<listitem><para>Controls the
formatting of the journal entries that
- are shown. Takes one of
- <literal>short</literal>,
- <literal>short-monotonic</literal>,
- <literal>verbose</literal>,
- <literal>export</literal>,
- <literal>json</literal>,
- <literal>json-pretty</literal>,
- <literal>json-sse</literal>,
- <literal>cat</literal>. <literal>short</literal>
- is the default and generates an output
- that is mostly identical to the
- formatting of classic syslog
- files, showing one line per journal
- entry. <literal>short-monotonic</literal>
- is very similar but shows monotonic
- timestamps instead of wallclock
- timestamps. <literal>verbose</literal>
- shows the full structured entry items
- with all
- fields. <literal>export</literal>
- serializes the journal into a binary
- (but mostly text-based) stream
- suitable for backups and network
- transfer (see <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal
- Export Format</ulink> for more
- information). <literal>json</literal>
- formats entries as JSON data
- structures, one per
- line (see <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
- JSON Format</ulink> for more
- information). <literal>json-pretty</literal>
- also formats entries as JSON data
- structures, but formats them in
- multiple lines in order to make them
- more readable for
- humans. <literal>json-sse</literal>
- also formats entries as JSON data
- structures, but wraps them in a format
- suitable for <ulink
- url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events">Server-Sent
- Events</ulink>. <literal>cat</literal>
- generates a very terse output only
- showing the actual message of each
- journal entry with no meta data, not
- even a timestamp.</para></listitem>
+ are shown. Takes one of the following options:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>short</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>is the default
+ and generates an output
+ that is mostly identical
+ to the formatting of
+ classic syslog files,
+ showing one line per
+ journal entry.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>short-monotonic</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>is very similar
+ but shows monotonic
+ timestamps instead of
+ wallclock timestamps.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>verbose</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>shows the
+ full-structured entry
+ items with all fields.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>export</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>serializes the
+ journal into a binary
+ (but mostly text-based)
+ stream suitable for
+ backups and network
+ transfer (see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal
+ Export Format</ulink>
+ for more
+ information).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>json</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>formats entries
+ as JSON data structures,
+ one per line (see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
+ JSON Format</ulink> for
+ more information).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>json-pretty</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>formats entries as
+ JSON data structures,
+ but formats them in
+ multiple lines in order
+ to make them more
+ readable for humans.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>json-sse</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>formats entries as
+ JSON data structures,
+ but wraps them in a
+ format suitable for <ulink
+ url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events">Server-Sent
+ Events</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>cat</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>generates a very
+ terse output only
+ showing the actual
+ message of each journal
+ entry with no meta data,
+ not even a timestamp.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>