Journalctl --help
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journalctl --help
journalctl [OPTIONS...] [MATCHES...]
Query the journal.
Options:
--system Show the system journal
--user Show the user journal for the current user
-M --machine=CONTAINER Operate on local container
-S --since=DATE Show entries not older than the specified date
-U --until=DATE Show entries not newer than the specified date
-c --cursor=CURSOR Show entries starting at the specified cursor
--after-cursor=CURSOR Show entries after the specified cursor
--show-cursor Print the cursor after all the entries
-b --boot[=ID] Show current boot or the specified boot
--list-boots Show terse information about recorded boots
-k --dmesg Show kernel message log from the current boot
-u --unit=UNIT Show logs from the specified unit
--user-unit=UNIT Show logs from the specified user unit
-t --identifier=STRING Show entries with the specified syslog identifier
-p --priority=RANGE Show entries with the specified priority
-g --grep=PATTERN Show entries with MESSSAGE matching PATTERN
--case-sensitive[=BOOL] Force case sensitive or insenstive matching
-e --pager-end Immediately jump to the end in the pager
-f --follow Follow the journal
-n --lines[=INTEGER] Number of journal entries to show
--no-tail Show all lines, even in follow mode
-r --reverse Show the newest entries first
-o --output=STRING Change journal output mode (short, short-precise,
short-iso, short-iso-precise, short-full,
short-monotonic, short-unix, verbose, export,
json, json-pretty, json-sse, cat)
--output-fields=LIST Select fields to print in verbose/export/json modes
--utc Express time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
-x --catalog Add message explanations where available
--no-full Ellipsize fields
-a --all Show all fields, including long and unprintable
-q --quiet Do not show info messages and privilege warning
--no-pager Do not pipe output into a pager
--no-hostname Suppress output of hostname field
-m --merge Show entries from all available journals
-D --directory=PATH Show journal files from directory
--file=PATH Show journal file
--root=ROOT Operate on files below a root directory
--interval=TIME Time interval for changing the FSS sealing key
--verify-key=KEY Specify FSS verification key
--force Override of the FSS key pair with --setup-keys
Commands:
-h --help Show this help text
--version Show package version
-N --fields List all field names currently used
-F --field=FIELD List all values that a specified field takes
--disk-usage Show total disk usage of all journal files
--vacuum-size=BYTES Reduce disk usage below specified size
--vacuum-files=INT Leave only the specified number of journal files
--vacuum-time=TIME Remove journal files older than specified time
--verify Verify journal file consistency
--sync Synchronize unwritten journal messages to disk
--flush Flush all journal data from /run into /var
--rotate Request immediate rotation of the journal files
See also
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