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systemctl list-units — List units that systemd currently has in memory. See also: `systemctl list-unit-files`. More informa

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Problem

How to use the systemctl list-units command: List units that systemd currently has in memory. See also: systemctl list-unit-files. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#list-units%20PATTERN%E2%80%A6>.

Solution

systemctl list-units — List units that systemd currently has in memory. See also: systemctl list-unit-files. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#list-units%20PATTERN%E2%80%A6>.

List units which are active, have pending jobs, or have failed:

systemctl list-units

List all units, including inactive ones:

systemctl list-units {{[-a|--all]}}

Filter by unit type:

systemctl list-units {{[-t|--type]}} {{service|socket|timer|...}}

Filter by state:

systemctl list-units --state {{running|listening|dead|...}}

Filter by a name pattern:

systemctl list-units 'systemd*'

Print output directly to stdout:

systemctl list-units --no-pager

Print output without headers or footers (for scripts):

systemctl list-units --no-legend

Code Snippets

List units which are active, have pending jobs, or have failed

systemctl list-units

List all units, including inactive ones

systemctl list-units {{[-a|--all]}}

Filter by unit type

systemctl list-units {{[-t|--type]}} {{service|socket|timer|...}}

Filter by state

systemctl list-units --state {{running|listening|dead|...}}

Filter by a name pattern

systemctl list-units 'systemd*'

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