Systemctl status always shows full log, even with --lines
Solution 1
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.
To limit the output of the systemctl status
command you can use options:
systemctl check resilio-sync
systemctl is-active resilio-sync
systemctl is-enabled resilio-sync
or by groupping the options:
systemctl is-active is-enabled resilio-sync
Solution 2
This is what the head command was designed for.
systemctl --user status resilio-sync | head -n 3
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Bauglir42
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Bauglir42 over 1 year
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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Admin over 5 yearsWelcome , Please add the output of the first command.
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Admin over 5 yearsadded it as a picture as I don't have the other machine connected to the internet atm.
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Bauglir42 over 5 yearsohhh the --lines argument only affects the journal part. I misunderstood the doc in that regard. Allright, that explains it, seems like I have to use
head
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