Once upon a time, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek zbyszek@in.waw.pl said:
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 05:43:43PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
No, the "bug" is journalctl, not less. If I run "journalctl | less", I get wrapped lines. If I run "journalctl", I get truncated lines (despite your repeated claims to the contrary).
[At least in default configuration] you can switch between "truncated" and "non-truncated" output by pressing -S<ENTER>, or view the "truncated" part by pressing right arrow. If you're seeing something different, then please file a bug (against less, because journalctl doesn't really do anything other than popen("less") here). For reference, try pressing 'h' in less, I see:
Actually, journalctl DOES do something other than popen("less"); it overrides the user's $LESS and sets it to "FRSXMK" (the S option tells less to chop lines). So while technically journalctl is not chopping lines, it is forcing less to do so. A user's $LESS should not be overridden, especially to chop log lines.
Another thing that I don't see in the man page is why some lines are bold/in color.