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⚡ TLDR: service (tldr-pages)

Manage services by running init scripts.

List the name and status of all services
service --status-all
Start/Stop/Restart/Reload service (start/stop should always be available)
service {{service_name}} {{start|stop|restart|reload}}
Do a full restart (runs script twice with start and stop)
service {{service_name}} --full-restart
Show the current status of a service
service {{service_name}} status

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NAME
service - run a System V init script

SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]

service --status-all

service --help | -h | --version

DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script or systemd unit in as predictable an environment as pos‐
sible, removing most environment variables and with the current working directory set to /.

The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT, or the
name of a systemd unit. The existence of a systemd unit of the same name as a script in
/etc/init.d will cause the unit to take precedence over the init.d script. The supported
values of COMMAND depend on the invoked script. service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS to the
init script unmodified. For systemd units, start, stop, status, and reload are passed through
to their systemctl/initctl equivalents.

All scripts should support at least the start and stop commands. As a special case, if COM‐
MAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the
start command. Note, that unlike update-rc.d(8), service does not check /usr/sbin/pol‐‐
icy-rc.d.

service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command.
The status is [ + ] for running services, [ - ] for stopped services and [ ? ] for services
without a status command. This option only calls status for sysvinit jobs.

EXIT CODES
service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.

FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.

/{lib,run,etc}/systemd/system
The directories containing systemd units.

ENVIRONMENT
LANG, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_MESSAGES, LC_PA‐‐
PER, LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, LC_MEASUREMENT, LC_IDENTIFICATION, LC_ALL, TERM, PATH
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.

SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton
update-rc.d(8)
init(8)
invoke-rc.d(8)
systemctl(1)

AUTHOR
Miloslav Trmac <mitr AT redhat.com>, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere AT hungry.com>

License: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)

Jan 2006 SERVICE(8)