[systemd-devel] unit names in systemd log entries

[Michael Biebl]

2017-01-11 15:41 GMT+01:00 Yuri D'Elia <wavexx at thregr.org>:
> The description is fine for looking at the status of a service (as the
> unit name is right there), but it does not help in the log, since I have
> to go and look which unit has the same description (essentially, I have
> to grep). The unit name is what matters.

You can use the journal (instead of the syslog output) with a
different output format (-o).
The journal has the necessary meta data and can show you the service name.


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