Or any other log files/output? I’m open to any solution, but what I would like…

…is something where I can just click on a word or select some text and say “filter that out”

Something that colors different log levels differently, preferably automatically.

Something that can parse the “columns” and give me a nice quick list of values, like different unit names to filter out/solely include.

Something that lets me choose a time and go there. Something that lets me select only a specific timeframe of logs.

I know this can probably be done by going in/out of journalctl, recalling the last command and adding specific filter options… but it just feels slow. It’s so many keypresses when I could just right click on the word and -> “Filter out/Search for” or something.

    • stembolts@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      That is good but only shows the last 10-15 lines of the log, unless there is an arg to expand that, or a command to follow the log. I am aware of neither.

      I usually use your suggested command to check if a service is up, then if it isn’t, use journalctl to find out why.