Question:

Normally I check service using command systemctl status service , but by default I only can see very few lines of logs.

So how can I show all logs of a specific service in Linux?

Best answer

journalctl -u service-name


journalctl is a tool which can be used to query systemd.

For example, below command list the logs for ssh service from last boot , without pager.

journalctl -u ssh -b --no-pager
  • -u ssh : specify ssh service
  • -b : last boot
  • --no-pager : Do not pipe output into a pager