What are the systemctl options to "List all failed units"

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systemctl

Returns a list of the units, whether they are loaded, active, their sub and description.

systemctl is-failed

Returns a list of status only.

What is the syntax to return the details of the failed units?

Patrick Mevzek · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-10 22:53:57Z

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You can use systemctl list-units --state=failed to list all failed units.

The parameters for systemctl are documented in the man page systemctl(1).

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--failed is an alias for --state=failed
– sshow
Aug 2, 2017 at 14:57
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Yes thats right, but until 2017-02-02 --failed wasn't documented and marked as deprecated in the codebase (#5198)
– cg909
Aug 2, 2017 at 19:08
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I see. And from the PR discussion I learned that we can drop list-units and go with systemctl --failed by itself :)
– sshow
Aug 2, 2017 at 20:22
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I find it very irritating that systemctl status tells me the one+ things are failed, but wont tell me what. I need to run another command, not under the status subcommand to find out. Shame.
– Nathan Lilienthal
Jun 22, 2018 at 3:02
@NathanLilienthal request a change from the systemd folks. They are quite opinionated on "the one right way of doing things", though.
– vonbrand
Feb 25, 2020 at 15:12

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Player1 · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-09 22:05:47Z

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This is more simple:

systemctl --failed

answered May 9, 2020 at 22:05

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