journalctl

Query and display the systemd journal.

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Syntax

$journalctl [OPTIONS]

Examples

$journalctl -xe

Examples

$journalctl -u nginx

Typical use cases

Recent errors

journalctl -xe

Service logs

journalctl -u nginx

Follow live

journalctl -f

Note Use -u for a unit, -f to follow logs, and -xe for recent errors.

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