logread - fetch log messages from the logbookd socket

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS SEE ALSO

NAME

SYNOPSIS

logread [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS := { -f | -F | -n limit | -d datefmt | -u unit | -b boot | -c color | -h }

DESCRIPTION

Connects to the running logbookd instance and queries the database for old or realtime log messages.

OPTIONS

-h

Show the help message and quit.

-c { on | off }

Force enable or disable the colorized output.

-f

Show only new log messages as they come in in realtime.

-F

Show log messages as they come in but first output historical log messages.

-n count

Number of historical log messages to fetch after filtering. This defaults to 100. If 0 is specified the amount of messages is not limited.

-d datefmt

Override the datetime formatting in the log output. Defaults to %b %d %H:%M:%S

-u unit

Show only log messages for this specific service. This matches the prefix of the syslog "app" field

-b { boot-index | boot-id | "list" }

Get only the log messages matching a specific boot-id. This parameter accepts the boot as a relative index or as an uuid to specify an absolute boot event. Use the special value "list" to display a list of stored boot logs instead.