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| -rw-r--r-- | man/journalctl.xml | 28 |
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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 55474c53d9..3b05e80fc1 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -509,17 +509,27 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>-u</option></term> - <term><option>--unit=</option></term> + <term><option>--unit=<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable>|<replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>Show messages for the - specified systemd unit. This will add - a match for messages from the unit - (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</literal>) - and additional matches for messages - from systemd and messages about - coredumps for the specified unit.</para> - <para>This parameter can be specified multiple times. - </para></listitem> + specified systemd unit + <replaceable>UNIT</replaceable>, or + for any of the units matched by + <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>. + If a pattern is specified, a list of + unit names found in the journal is + compared with the specified pattern + and all that match are used. For each + unit name a match is added for + messages from the unit + (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable></literal>) + along with additional matches for + messages from systemd and messages + about coredumps for the specified + unit.</para> + + <para>This parameter can be specified + multiple times. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |