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service

Runs a System V init script.

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Syntax
$service SERVICE COMMAND
Examples
Examples
$service nginx restart
Examples
$service ssh status
Distro comparison

Restart service

systemd and classic init commands for service restarts.

Ubuntu: systemctl Debian: systemctl Arch: systemctl Fedora: systemctl CentOS: systemctl SUSE: systemctl Void: sv FreeBSD: service Solaris: svcadm Illumos: svcadm

Enable service at boot

Enable services to start automatically.

Ubuntu: systemctl Debian: systemctl Arch: systemctl Fedora: systemctl CentOS: systemctl SUSE: systemctl Void: ln FreeBSD: service Solaris: svcadm Illumos: svcadm
Typical use cases
Restart service
service nginx restart
Check status
service ssh status
Note Legacy service management.
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