NAME¶

systemctl - command line utility to manage services without SystemD

SYNOPSIS¶

systemctl [options] command [name...]

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--version

Show package version

--system

Connect to system manager (default)

--user

Connect to user service manager

-t TYPE, --type=TYPE

List units of a particual type

--state=STATE

List units with particular LOAD or SUB or ACTIVE state

-p NAME, --property=NAME

Show only properties by this name

-a, --all

Show all loaded units/properties, including dead empty ones. To list all units installed on the system, use the 'list-unit-files' command instead

-l, --full

Don't ellipsize unit names on output (never ellipsized)

--reverse

Show reverse dependencies with 'list-dependencies' (ignored)

--job-mode=MODE

Specifiy how to deal with already queued jobs, when queuing a new job (ignored)

--show-types

When showing sockets, explicitly show their type (ignored)

-i, --ignore-inhibitors

When shutting down or sleeping, ignore inhibitors (ignored)

--kill-who=WHO

Who to send signal to (ignored)

-s SIG, --signal=SIG

Which signal to send (ignored)

--now

Start or stop unit in addition to enabling or disabling it

-q, --quiet

Suppress output

--no-block

Do not wait until operation finished (ignored)

--no-legend

Do not print a legend (column headers and hints)

--no-wall

Don't send wall message before halt/power-off/reboot (ignored)

--no-reload

Don't reload daemon after en-/dis-abling unit files (ignored)

--no-ask-password

Do not ask for system passwords

-f, --force

When enabling unit files, override existing symblinks / When shutting down, execute action immediately

--preset-mode=TYPE

Apply only enable, only disable, or all presets [all]

--root=PATH

Enable unit files in the specified root directory (used for alternative root prefix)

-n NUM, --lines=NUM

Number of journal entries to show (ignored)

-o CAT, --output=CAT

change journal output mode [short, ..., cat] (ignored)

--plain

Print unit dependencies as a list instead of a tree (ignored)

--no-pager

Do not pipe output into pager (ignored)

--coverage=OPTIONLIST

..support for coverage (e.g. spawn,oldest,sleep) []

-e NAME=VAL, --extra-vars=NAME=VAL, --environment=NAME=VAL

..override settings in the syntax of 'Environment='

-v, --verbose

..increase debugging information level

-4, --ipv4

..only keep ipv4 localhost in /etc/hosts

-6, --ipv6

..only keep ipv6 localhost in /etc/hosts

-1, --init

..keep running as init-process (default if PID 1)

use 'help' command for more information