On 07/02/15 11:11, Alex wrote:
Hi all,
I've used journalctl to do some really basic things, but I'm trying to
use it to view the former /var/log/maillog, and haven't been able to
figure out how.
I understand I can use it to search for a specific priority, but
haven't figure out how to show only today's mail.* facility logs,
using the short form hostname. I also understand you can view logs for
a specific process or pid, but that's also not what I want.
Ideas greatly appreciated. A FAQ or general usage doc would really be
appreciated (beyond just the man page). It just seems like a lot more
typing than just "tail -f /var/log/maillog" when that's all I need.
Assuming you're running sendmail, it sounds as if you may want....
journalctl -b 0 -u sendmail
or
journalctl -b 0 -r -u sendmail
And, there is the -f option, which is the same as tail's.
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