sdjournal 0.1.15

Pure Rust systemd journal reader and query engine
Documentation
//! Subscribe to one unit's live stream and print a bounded number of new entries.

use sdjournal::Journal;
use std::error::Error;
use std::thread;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
    let unit = std::env::args()
        .nth(1)
        .unwrap_or_else(|| "sshd.service".to_string());
    let max_items = std::env::args()
        .nth(2)
        .map(|value| value.parse())
        .transpose()?
        .unwrap_or(5usize);

    let journal = Journal::open_default()?;
    let mut live = journal.live()?;
    let mut filter = live.filter();
    filter.match_unit(&unit);

    let subscription = live.subscribe(filter)?;
    let _engine = thread::spawn(move || {
        let _ = live.run();
    });

    for _ in 0..max_items {
        let entry = subscription.recv()??;
        let msg = entry
            .get("MESSAGE")
            .map(|v| String::from_utf8_lossy(v).into_owned())
            .unwrap_or_else(|| "<no MESSAGE>".to_string());
        println!(
            "cursor={} realtime={} message={}",
            entry.cursor()?,
            entry.realtime_usec(),
            msg
        );
    }

    Ok(())
}