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-rw-r--r--src/journal/journalctl.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 2639fd6cf5..9ad6f115a1 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -686,7 +686,9 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
r = free_and_strdup(&arg_verify_key, optarg);
if (r < 0)
return r;
- string_erase(optarg);
+ /* Use memset not string_erase so this doesn't look confusing
+ * in ps or htop output. */
+ memset(optarg, 'x', strlen(optarg));
arg_merge = false;
break;