On 02/09/2015 06:49 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 09 Feb 2015 11:23:15 Rich Freeman wrote: >> You don't have to export them from anything unless you need their >> content in a text file. If you just run "journalctl" that is the >> equivalent of typing cat /var/log/messages. If you do want to parse >> them with an external tool then you get your choice of several text >> formats and json. > The thing is I never use cat. I invariably use less, rview, or grep, to > browse or search the log files. > > How will this work with journalctl, will I have to export them first into a > different format? >
You can run `journalctl | grep whatever`. I don't know what rview is, but as long as whatever you're using supports pipes you should be fine.
