Public bug reported: I would expect "journalctl -n1000 -r" to display the most recent 1000 log entries in reverse order.
Instead, what it appears to do is skip over the 1000 most recent log entries and display the 1001st - 2000th log entries in reverse order. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: systemd 239-7ubuntu10.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Jan 10 07:57:06 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-27 (104 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) MachineType: LENOVO 20KHCTO1WW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.18.0-13-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgencrypted-lvencryptedroot ro quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-08 (62 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: N23ET59W (1.34 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20KHCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN23ET59W(1.34):bd11/08/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20KHCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon6th:rvnLENOVO:rn20KHCTO1WW:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th dmi.product.name: 20KHCTO1WW dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20KH_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2018-10-04T06:36:50.792292 mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: 2018-11-08T10:52:42.381229 ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811240 Title: "journalctl -n1000 -r" does not do what you would expect Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I would expect "journalctl -n1000 -r" to display the most recent 1000 log entries in reverse order. Instead, what it appears to do is skip over the 1000 most recent log entries and display the 1001st - 2000th log entries in reverse order. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: systemd 239-7ubuntu10.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Jan 10 07:57:06 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-27 (104 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) MachineType: LENOVO 20KHCTO1WW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.18.0-13-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgencrypted-lvencryptedroot ro quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-08 (62 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: N23ET59W (1.34 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20KHCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN23ET59W(1.34):bd11/08/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20KHCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon6th:rvnLENOVO:rn20KHCTO1WW:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th dmi.product.name: 20KHCTO1WW dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20KH_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2018-10-04T06:36:50.792292 mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: 2018-11-08T10:52:42.381229 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1811240/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp