How to make --full the default for `systemctl status`?
I have SYSTEMD_PAGER set to cat, to avoid having long lines truncated. However, when I type systemctl status <service>, instead of truncating long lines at the end, it now inserts an ellipsis and still does not show the full line!
The manpage says passing -l or --full will fix this — and it does — but how can I make this (correct) behaviour the default?
There is no mention of an environment variable I can set to enable this, and setting a shell alias isn't possible, as you cannot have spaces in alias names like alias 'systemd status'='systemd status -l'.
I don't want to have an alias with a different name — I just want to make -l the default for systemd status. Is it possible?
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I have SYSTEMD_PAGER set to cat, to avoid having long lines truncated. However, when I type systemctl status <service>, instead of truncating long lines at the end, it now inserts an ellipsis and still does not show the full line!
The manpage says passing -l or --full will fix this — and it does — but how can I make this (correct) behaviour the default?
There is no mention of an environment variable I can set to enable this, and setting a shell alias isn't possible, as you cannot have spaces in alias names like alias 'systemd status'='systemd status -l'.
I don't want to have an alias with a different name — I just want to make -l the default for systemd status. Is it possible?
systemd
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
John YJohn Y
1084
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I have SYSTEMD_PAGER set to cat, to avoid having long lines truncated. However, when I type systemctl status <service>, instead of truncating long lines at the end, it now inserts an ellipsis and still does not show the full line!
The manpage says passing -l or --full will fix this — and it does — but how can I make this (correct) behaviour the default?
There is no mention of an environment variable I can set to enable this, and setting a shell alias isn't possible, as you cannot have spaces in alias names like alias 'systemd status'='systemd status -l'.
I don't want to have an alias with a different name — I just want to make -l the default for systemd status. Is it possible?
systemd
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
John YJohn Y
1084
I have SYSTEMD_PAGER set to cat, to avoid having long lines truncated. However, when I type systemctl status <service>, instead of truncating long lines at the end, it now inserts an ellipsis and still does not show the full line!
The manpage says passing -l or --full will fix this — and it does — but how can I make this (correct) behaviour the default?
There is no mention of an environment variable I can set to enable this, and setting a shell alias isn't possible, as you cannot have spaces in alias names like alias 'systemd status'='systemd status -l'.
I don't want to have an alias with a different name — I just want to make -l the default for systemd status. Is it possible?
systemd
systemd
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
John YJohn Y
1084
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
John YJohn Y
1084
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
John YJohn Y
1084
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
John YJohn Y
1084
asked Feb 6 at 10:07
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The -l doesn't have to come after the status so you could simply use
alias systemctl='systemctl -l'
This does of course make this the default setting for all the other subcommands as well.
answered Feb 6 at 14:00
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When the functionality of aliases is not sufficient, the next step up is using a shell function. Like this, for example:
systemctl() {
if [ "$1" = "status" ]
then
/bin/systemctl -l "$@"
else
/bin/systemctl "$@"
fi
}
answered Feb 6 at 15:19
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The -l doesn't have to come after the status so you could simply use
alias systemctl='systemctl -l'
This does of course make this the default setting for all the other subcommands as well.
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The -l doesn't have to come after the status so you could simply use
alias systemctl='systemctl -l'
This does of course make this the default setting for all the other subcommands as well.
answered Feb 6 at 14:00
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The -l doesn't have to come after the status so you could simply use
alias systemctl='systemctl -l'
This does of course make this the default setting for all the other subcommands as well.
answered Feb 6 at 14:00
FoxFox
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The -l doesn't have to come after the status so you could simply use
alias systemctl='systemctl -l'
This does of course make this the default setting for all the other subcommands as well.
answered Feb 6 at 14:00
FoxFox
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When the functionality of aliases is not sufficient, the next step up is using a shell function. Like this, for example:
systemctl() {
if [ "$1" = "status" ]
then
/bin/systemctl -l "$@"
else
/bin/systemctl "$@"
fi
}
answered Feb 6 at 15:19
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When the functionality of aliases is not sufficient, the next step up is using a shell function. Like this, for example:
systemctl() {
if [ "$1" = "status" ]
then
/bin/systemctl -l "$@"
else
/bin/systemctl "$@"
fi
}
answered Feb 6 at 15:19
telcoMtelcoM
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When the functionality of aliases is not sufficient, the next step up is using a shell function. Like this, for example:
systemctl() {
if [ "$1" = "status" ]
then
/bin/systemctl -l "$@"
else
/bin/systemctl "$@"
fi
}
answered Feb 6 at 15:19
telcoMtelcoM
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When the functionality of aliases is not sufficient, the next step up is using a shell function. Like this, for example:
systemctl() {
if [ "$1" = "status" ]
then
/bin/systemctl -l "$@"
else
/bin/systemctl "$@"
fi
}
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