← Back to context Comment by brontitall 1 year ago Doing it the way it does allows specifying multiple services.systemctl status myapp mydb 7 comments brontitall Reply IgorPartola 1 year ago I would rather do that as two commands than to scroll to see the output of each. okanat 1 year ago There is no output for success. BikiniPrince 1 year ago Only failure is rewarded! egberts1 1 year ago NOBODY ask for a status of two services.Hence the verb-last CLI rulez! autoexec 1 year ago Why not allow for both and accept the option at any location?Something like:systemctl --stop myapp mydbsystemctl myapp mydb --stop Ayesh 1 year ago All `--` strings should be "options". Starting/stopping a service is not an option, it's a command. I don't enjoy `pacman` for this very reason. bronson 1 year ago unnecessary flexibility brings unnecessary bugs
IgorPartola 1 year ago I would rather do that as two commands than to scroll to see the output of each. okanat 1 year ago There is no output for success. BikiniPrince 1 year ago Only failure is rewarded! egberts1 1 year ago NOBODY ask for a status of two services.Hence the verb-last CLI rulez!
autoexec 1 year ago Why not allow for both and accept the option at any location?Something like:systemctl --stop myapp mydbsystemctl myapp mydb --stop Ayesh 1 year ago All `--` strings should be "options". Starting/stopping a service is not an option, it's a command. I don't enjoy `pacman` for this very reason. bronson 1 year ago unnecessary flexibility brings unnecessary bugs
Ayesh 1 year ago All `--` strings should be "options". Starting/stopping a service is not an option, it's a command. I don't enjoy `pacman` for this very reason.
I would rather do that as two commands than to scroll to see the output of each.
There is no output for success.
Only failure is rewarded!
NOBODY ask for a status of two services.
Hence the verb-last CLI rulez!
Why not allow for both and accept the option at any location?
Something like:
systemctl --stop myapp mydb
systemctl myapp mydb --stop
All `--` strings should be "options". Starting/stopping a service is not an option, it's a command. I don't enjoy `pacman` for this very reason.
unnecessary flexibility brings unnecessary bugs