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title: "Using journalctl - The Ultimate Guide To Logging"
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I had a boot issue on my sons fresh ubuntu 24.04 install and journalctl came in clutch.

``` bash
journalctl -p 3 -xb 
```

* -p 3 gives me priority 3
* -x gives me extra catalog information when available
* -b gives me the current boot.