`service` no longer gives useful output (except with status) in 15.04?

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It used to be the case that

service service-name reload|restart|start|stop - would display a nice :

service-name start/running, process 17642

Now, while the new status output is really cool - I would really like to keep the old way - where it gives some kind of [OK] on stop|start|restart|reload - Is there any way to do this?

That's the output of `initctl start`, which is what `service` devolves to on upstart systems with upstart jobs. The "new" output is the behaviour of `systemctl start` which is what `service` is devolving to. — JdeBP, May 03 '15 at 20:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 13 '17 at 16:26

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At the very least,something like a script and an alias would probably do the trick, here...

Maybe:

#!/bin/sh
# service-status
service "$1" "$2" 
if [[ $2 != "status ]]; then
    service "$1" status
fi

Or better yet; since service is really systemctl anyway:

#!/bin/sh
# service-status 
systemctl "$2" "$1" 
if [[ $1 != "status" ]]; then 
    systemctl status "$1"
fi

and then add this to your .bashrc or your .bash_aliases:

alias service="service-status";

edited Nov 13 '17 at 16:26

derHugo

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answered May 01 '15 at 15:08

rm-vanda

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Better: use double quotes, "$1" and "$2" – A.B. May 01 '15 at 15:22
Where should this script be saved in 16.04? – Augusto Samamé Barrientos Apr 18 '17 at 21:00
You can put it anywhere your `$PATH` points to. `/usr/local/bin` is probably a good spot. You'll want to save it as just "service-status" and don't forget to make it executable via `sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/service-status` - or replace that path with whichever one you choose. – rm-vanda Apr 19 '17 at 12:49
also tweaked it a bit – rm-vanda Apr 19 '17 at 12:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 13 '17 at 16:25

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My version of script, that gives me the result to the output:

#!/bin/bash
service "$1" "$2"
if [[ $2 != "status" ]]; then
    service --status-all | grep "$1"
fi

edited Nov 13 '17 at 16:25

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answered Nov 13 '17 at 08:48

Павел Смокотнин

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`service` no longer gives useful output (except with status) in 15.04?

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