Systemctl status always shows full log, even with --lines
1So, I'm trying to get the status of a unit, but only the first 3 lines like this:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=3
I've tried various variations of this with -n 3 etc..., nothing works.
And the strange part: it always shows the full log (13 lines), instead of 10 lines which should be the default according to the documentation for systemctl.
Trying systemctl status confirms this: it just outputs all 45 lines to the terminal, when it actually should be 10.
Am I missing something here? As far as I know I didn't change anything.
As a workaround I'm currently using
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | sed -ne '1,3p'
but I'd rather like to fix the underlying problem and use the native command.
System is Kali Linux (re4son-kernel, sticky fingers) on a Raspberry Pi (easy to blame on this strange setup, but since this is core linux functionality I don't think it should matter)
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1So, I'm trying to get the status of a unit, but only the first 3 lines like this:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=3
I've tried various variations of this with -n 3 etc..., nothing works.
And the strange part: it always shows the full log (13 lines), instead of 10 lines which should be the default according to the documentation for systemctl.
Trying systemctl status confirms this: it just outputs all 45 lines to the terminal, when it actually should be 10.
Am I missing something here? As far as I know I didn't change anything.
As a workaround I'm currently using
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | sed -ne '1,3p'
but I'd rather like to fix the underlying problem and use the native command.
System is Kali Linux (re4son-kernel, sticky fingers) on a Raspberry Pi (easy to blame on this strange setup, but since this is core linux functionality I don't think it should matter)
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Welcome , Please add the output of the first command.
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added it as a picture as I don't have the other machine connected to the internet atm.
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1So, I'm trying to get the status of a unit, but only the first 3 lines like this:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=3
I've tried various variations of this with -n 3 etc..., nothing works.
And the strange part: it always shows the full log (13 lines), instead of 10 lines which should be the default according to the documentation for systemctl.
Trying systemctl status confirms this: it just outputs all 45 lines to the terminal, when it actually should be 10.
Am I missing something here? As far as I know I didn't change anything.
As a workaround I'm currently using
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | sed -ne '1,3p'
but I'd rather like to fix the underlying problem and use the native command.
System is Kali Linux (re4son-kernel, sticky fingers) on a Raspberry Pi (easy to blame on this strange setup, but since this is core linux functionality I don't think it should matter)
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1So, I'm trying to get the status of a unit, but only the first 3 lines like this:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=3
I've tried various variations of this with -n 3 etc..., nothing works.
And the strange part: it always shows the full log (13 lines), instead of 10 lines which should be the default according to the documentation for systemctl.
Trying systemctl status confirms this: it just outputs all 45 lines to the terminal, when it actually should be 10.
Am I missing something here? As far as I know I didn't change anything.
As a workaround I'm currently using
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | sed -ne '1,3p'
but I'd rather like to fix the underlying problem and use the native command.
System is Kali Linux (re4son-kernel, sticky fingers) on a Raspberry Pi (easy to blame on this strange setup, but since this is core linux functionality I don't think it should matter)
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Welcome , Please add the output of the first command.
– GAD3R
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added it as a picture as I don't have the other machine connected to the internet atm.
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Welcome , Please add the output of the first command.
– GAD3R
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added it as a picture as I don't have the other machine connected to the internet atm.
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Welcome , Please add the output of the first command.
– GAD3R
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Welcome , Please add the output of the first command.
– GAD3R
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added it as a picture as I don't have the other machine connected to the internet atm.
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The command systemctl status display the status of the service and the corresponding lines from journalctl, the --lines=3 will limit the displayed number of lines from the journal to 3. e,g:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=0
will display only the status of esilio-sync service without the journalctl log.
-n, --lines=
When used with status, controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument, or 0 to disable journal output. Defaults to 10.
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ohhh the --lines argument only affects the journal part. I misunderstood the doc in that regard. Allright, that explains it, seems like I have to useheadorsed
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This is what the head command was designed for.
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | head -n 3
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The command systemctl status display the status of the service and the corresponding lines from journalctl, the --lines=3 will limit the displayed number of lines from the journal to 3. e,g:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=0
will display only the status of esilio-sync service without the journalctl log.
-n, --lines=
When used with status, controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument, or 0 to disable journal output. Defaults to 10.
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ohhh the --lines argument only affects the journal part. I misunderstood the doc in that regard. Allright, that explains it, seems like I have to useheadorsed
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The command systemctl status display the status of the service and the corresponding lines from journalctl, the --lines=3 will limit the displayed number of lines from the journal to 3. e,g:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=0
will display only the status of esilio-sync service without the journalctl log.
-n, --lines=
When used with status, controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument, or 0 to disable journal output. Defaults to 10.
answered 2 hours ago
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ohhh the --lines argument only affects the journal part. I misunderstood the doc in that regard. Allright, that explains it, seems like I have to useheadorsed
– Bauglir42
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The command systemctl status display the status of the service and the corresponding lines from journalctl, the --lines=3 will limit the displayed number of lines from the journal to 3. e,g:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=0
will display only the status of esilio-sync service without the journalctl log.
-n, --lines=
When used with status, controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument, or 0 to disable journal output. Defaults to 10.
answered 2 hours ago
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The command systemctl status display the status of the service and the corresponding lines from journalctl, the --lines=3 will limit the displayed number of lines from the journal to 3. e,g:
systemctl --user status resilio-sync --lines=0
will display only the status of esilio-sync service without the journalctl log.
-n, --lines=
When used with status, controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument, or 0 to disable journal output. Defaults to 10.
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ohhh the --lines argument only affects the journal part. I misunderstood the doc in that regard. Allright, that explains it, seems like I have to useheadorsed
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ohhh the --lines argument only affects the journal part. I misunderstood the doc in that regard. Allright, that explains it, seems like I have to useheadorsed
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This is what the head command was designed for.
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | head -n 3
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This is what the head command was designed for.
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This is what the head command was designed for.
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | head -n 3
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This is what the head command was designed for.
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