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systemctl is-enabled — Check whether unit files are enabled. See also: `systemctl enable`, `systemctl disable`. More inform

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Problem

How to use the systemctl is-enabled command: Check whether unit files are enabled. See also: systemctl enable, systemctl disable. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#is-enabled%20UNIT%E2%80%A6>.

Solution

systemctl is-enabled — Check whether unit files are enabled. See also: systemctl enable, systemctl disable. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#is-enabled%20UNIT%E2%80%A6>.

Show the enablement state:

systemctl is-enabled {{unit1 unit2 ...}}

Suppress output and return only the exit code:

systemctl is-enabled {{unit}} {{[-q|--quiet]}}

Show installation targets and symlink paths:

systemctl is-enabled {{unit}} {{[-l|--full]}}

Code Snippets

Show the enablement state

systemctl is-enabled {{unit1 unit2 ...}}

Suppress output and return only the exit code

systemctl is-enabled {{unit}} {{[-q|--quiet]}}

Show installation targets and symlink paths

systemctl is-enabled {{unit}} {{[-l|--full]}}

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tldr-pages: linux/systemctl is-enabled

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