What do +,- and ? symbols represent in `service --status-all`












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What do +,- and ? symbols represent in service --status-all represent in Ubuntu 14.04. I am not able to understand it properly.



I guess + here might mean delayed services which start after the system startup.



Similarly, - would mean services running at startup.



No idea about the ? symbol. Somebody please help me identifying symbols.



SAMPLE_STARTUP PROCESS










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What do +,- and ? symbols represent in service --status-all represent in Ubuntu 14.04. I am not able to understand it properly.



I guess + here might mean delayed services which start after the system startup.



Similarly, - would mean services running at startup.



No idea about the ? symbol. Somebody please help me identifying symbols.



SAMPLE_STARTUP PROCESS










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  • initctl list might be a better command to view an overview of the services on your system.

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What do +,- and ? symbols represent in service --status-all represent in Ubuntu 14.04. I am not able to understand it properly.



I guess + here might mean delayed services which start after the system startup.



Similarly, - would mean services running at startup.



No idea about the ? symbol. Somebody please help me identifying symbols.



SAMPLE_STARTUP PROCESS










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What do +,- and ? symbols represent in service --status-all represent in Ubuntu 14.04. I am not able to understand it properly.



I guess + here might mean delayed services which start after the system startup.



Similarly, - would mean services running at startup.



No idea about the ? symbol. Somebody please help me identifying symbols.



SAMPLE_STARTUP PROCESS







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  • initctl list might be a better command to view an overview of the services on your system.

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  • initctl list might be a better command to view an overview of the services on your system.

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initctl list might be a better command to view an overview of the services on your system.

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initctl list might be a better command to view an overview of the services on your system.

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From: /usr/sbin/service



#printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[?]" "$SERVICE:" "unknown" 1>&2
#printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[+]" "$SERVICE:" "running"
#printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[-]" "$SERVICE:" "NOT running"

[?] means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status)
[+] means the service is running
[-] means the service is not running


Edit, this was also answered here: https://superuser.com/questions/367863/how-do-interpret-the-output-of-service-status-all






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    The status is [ + ] for running services, [ - ] for stopped services and [ ? ] for services without a status command.






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      From: /usr/sbin/service



      #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[?]" "$SERVICE:" "unknown" 1>&2
      #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[+]" "$SERVICE:" "running"
      #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[-]" "$SERVICE:" "NOT running"

      [?] means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status)
      [+] means the service is running
      [-] means the service is not running


      Edit, this was also answered here: https://superuser.com/questions/367863/how-do-interpret-the-output-of-service-status-all






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        From: /usr/sbin/service



        #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[?]" "$SERVICE:" "unknown" 1>&2
        #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[+]" "$SERVICE:" "running"
        #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[-]" "$SERVICE:" "NOT running"

        [?] means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status)
        [+] means the service is running
        [-] means the service is not running


        Edit, this was also answered here: https://superuser.com/questions/367863/how-do-interpret-the-output-of-service-status-all






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          From: /usr/sbin/service



          #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[?]" "$SERVICE:" "unknown" 1>&2
          #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[+]" "$SERVICE:" "running"
          #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[-]" "$SERVICE:" "NOT running"

          [?] means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status)
          [+] means the service is running
          [-] means the service is not running


          Edit, this was also answered here: https://superuser.com/questions/367863/how-do-interpret-the-output-of-service-status-all






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          #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[?]" "$SERVICE:" "unknown" 1>&2
          #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[+]" "$SERVICE:" "running"
          #printf " %s %-60s %sn" "[-]" "$SERVICE:" "NOT running"

          [?] means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status)
          [+] means the service is running
          [-] means the service is not running


          Edit, this was also answered here: https://superuser.com/questions/367863/how-do-interpret-the-output-of-service-status-all







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