From the course: Learning Fedora Linux
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Exploring logs
through the journal using the journalctl command, Typing just journalctl by itself acts like running a text log through less. So, we can navigate here using the less commands I'll move back by pressing q. The f and b keys move forward and back by screen. And we can search with slash and a term. or the most current entries. I'll quit this display with q. We can still use journalctl like it's a text log too, We can also pass options into journalctl For example, if we wanted to take a look at only the journal entries for a specific service, like cron. I'll write journalctl --unit=, and then the unit name, in this case, crond.service. If you're used to using text logs, this can take a while to get used to. There are still regular logs on the Fedora system There are still regular logs on the Fedora system in the /var/log directory. in the /var/log directory. So, if you need to look at those, you can use less or cat or more, you can use less or cat or more, as with any other…
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