Public bug reported: The manpage for systemctl says that -n can be used to specify how many journal lines to show.
It only works for values <= 10, there is no way to make it show more than 10 lines. For example 'systemctl -n 100 status SERVICE' shows 10 lines, not 100. 'journalctl -n 100 -u SERVICE' does work as expected though. Its confusing if you are not aware of this and can make you miss important output from a failed program. systemd package version: 229-4ubuntu17 systemctl version: systemd 229 ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702063 Title: systemctl -n option ignores values greater than 10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1702063/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs