systemd for Linux SysAdmins: All You Need to Know About the systemd Suite for Linux Users

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D. Bothsystemd for Linux SysAdminshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-1328-3_14

14. Getting More Out of the Journal

David Both¹  

(1)

Raleigh, NC, USA

 

Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to

• Narrow down the results of journal searches using various options of the journalctl command

• Extract relevant data from the systemd journal to use in solving problems

Introduction

We’ve already seen some uses of the journal in previous chapters. In this chapter, we’ll explore the systemd journal and more ways to narrow down the results of the journalctl command to further help locate and identify problems—or just to satisfy your curiosity about what’s going ...