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Q&A Starts systemd service and follow log

Assuming that systemctl start $SERVICE.service returns right away (some [poorly] written StartExec commands do not), you can run this: systemctl start $SERVICE.service & journalctl -f -u $SERV...

posted 9mo ago by bgstack15‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by AdminBee‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar AdminBee‭ · 2023-08-21T13:37:02Z (9 months ago)
Fix (probably) intended formatting
  • Assuming that `systemctl start $SERVICE.service` returns right away (some [poorly] written StartExec commands do not), you can run this:
  • systemctl start $SERVICE.service & journalctl -f -u $SERVICE.service
  • This is the command I run quite often when needing to investigate the startup logs.
  • Assuming that `systemctl start $SERVICE.service` returns right away (some [poorly] written `StartExec` commands do not), you can run this:
  • ```
  • systemctl start $SERVICE.service & journalctl -f -u $SERVICE.service
  • ```
  • This is the command I run quite often when needing to investigate the startup logs.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar bgstack15‭ · 2023-08-20T19:18:26Z (9 months ago)
Assuming that `systemctl start $SERVICE.service` returns right away (some [poorly] written StartExec commands do not), you can run this:

   systemctl start $SERVICE.service & journalctl -f -u $SERVICE.service

This is the command I run quite often when needing to investigate the startup logs.