From a6e87e90ede66815989ba2db92a07102a69906fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:25:32 -0700 Subject: journalctl: rework JSON output mode This splits the JSON output mode into different modes: json and json-pretty. The former printing one entry per line, the latter showing JSON objects nicely indented and in multiple lines to make it easier to read for humans. --- man/journalctl.xml | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 1ea004fc81..b5950c94ce 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ verbose, export, json, + json-pretty, cat. short is the default and generates an output that is mostly identical to the @@ -209,7 +210,13 @@ Export Format for more information). json formats entries as JSON data - structures. cat + structures, one per + line. json-pretty + also formats entries as JSON data + structures, but formats them in + multiple lines in order to make them + more readable for + humans. cat generates a very terse output only showing the actual message of each journal entry with no meta data, not -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf