systemctl: hide first column with --plain instead of --no-legend

Hiding the first column, which may contain bullet circles, with --no-legend
is undocumented and potentially unexpected. On the other hand, not printing
bullet circles with --plain is documented so hiding the column with that
switch is sensible.

The combination "--full --no-legend --no-pager --plain" is appropriate for
automated processing of systemctl output.
This commit is contained in:
Jouke Witteveen
2020-04-17 19:15:49 +02:00
committed by Lennart Poettering
parent 75dff0f910
commit 1cabd2d0c5
10 changed files with 16 additions and 12 deletions
+4 -4
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@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ static int output_units_list(const UnitInfo *unit_infos, unsigned c) {
return log_oom();
table_set_header(table, !arg_no_legend);
if (arg_no_legend) {
/* Hide the 'glyph' column when --no-legend is requested */
if (arg_plain) {
/* Hide the 'glyph' column when --plain is requested */
r = table_hide_column_from_display(table, 0);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to hide column: %m");
@@ -1987,8 +1987,8 @@ static int output_machines_list(struct machine_info *machine_infos, unsigned n)
return log_oom();
table_set_header(table, !arg_no_legend);
if (arg_no_legend) {
/* Hide the 'glyph' column when --no-legend is requested */
if (arg_plain) {
/* Hide the 'glyph' column when --plain is requested */
r = table_hide_column_from_display(table, 0);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to hide column: %m");