man/systemctl.xml

@@ -1502,17 +1502,6 @@ Jan 12 10:46:45 example.com bluetoothd[8900]: gatt-time-server: Input/output err
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-P</option></term>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Equivalent to <option>--value</option> <option>--property=</option>, i.e. shows the
-          value of the property without the property name or <literal>=</literal>. Note that using
-          <option>-P</option> once will also affect all properties listed with
-          <option>-p</option>/<option>--property=</option>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>-a</option></term>
         <term><option>--all</option></term>
@@ -1638,8 +1627,9 @@ Jan 12 10:46:45 example.com bluetoothd[8900]: gatt-time-server: Input/output err
         <term><option>--value</option></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>When printing properties with <command>show</command>, only print the value, and skip the
-          property name and <literal>=</literal>. Also see option <option>-P</option> above.</para>
+          <para>When printing properties with <command>show</command>,
+          only print the value, and skip the property name and
+          <literal>=</literal>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 

src/systemctl/systemctl.c

@@ -7966,7 +7966,6 @@ static int systemctl_help(void) {
                "     --state=STATE       List units with particular LOAD or SUB or ACTIVE state\n"
                "     --failed            Shorcut for --state=failed\n"
                "  -p --property=NAME     Show only properties by this name\n"
-               "  -P NAME                Equivalent to --value --property=NAME\n"
                "  -a --all               Show all properties/all units currently in memory,\n"
                "                         including dead/empty ones. To list all units installed\n"
                "                         on the system, use 'list-unit-files' instead.\n"
@@ -8335,7 +8334,7 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         /* we default to allowing interactive authorization only in systemctl (not in the legacy commands) */
         arg_ask_password = true;
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ht:p:P:alqfs:H:M:n:o:iTr.::", options, NULL)) >= 0)
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ht:p:alqfs:H:M:n:o:iTr.::", options, NULL)) >= 0)
 
                 switch (c) {
 
@@ -8390,10 +8389,6 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
                 }
 
-                case 'P':
-                        arg_value = true;
-                        _fallthrough_;
-
                 case 'p':
                         /* Make sure that if the empty property list was specified, we won't show any
                            properties. */
@@ -8418,7 +8413,9 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        /* If the user asked for a particular property, show it, even if it is empty. */
+                        /* If the user asked for a particular
+                         * property, show it to him, even if it is
+                         * empty. */
                         arg_all = true;
 
                         break;

test/units/testsuite-05.sh

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ EOF
 
 systemctl daemon-reload
 
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P DefaultLimitNOFILESoft)" = "10000" ]]
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P DefaultLimitNOFILE)" = "16384" ]]
+[[ "$(systemctl show --value -p DefaultLimitNOFILESoft)" = "10000" ]]
+[[ "$(systemctl show --value -p DefaultLimitNOFILE)" = "16384" ]]
 
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P LimitNOFILESoft testsuite-05.service)" = "10000" ]]
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P LimitNOFILE testsuite-05.service)" = "16384" ]]
+[[ "$(systemctl show --value -p LimitNOFILESoft testsuite-05.service)" = "10000" ]]
+[[ "$(systemctl show --value -p LimitNOFILE testsuite-05.service)" = "16384" ]]
 
 systemd-run --wait -t bash -c '[[ "$(ulimit -n -S)" = "10000" ]]'
 systemd-run --wait -t bash -c '[[ "$(ulimit -n -H)" = "16384" ]]'

test/units/testsuite-20.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 systemd-analyze log-level debug
 systemd-analyze log-target console
 
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 # Start a test process inside of our own cgroup
 sleep infinity &
@@ -14,45 +14,45 @@ disown
 
 # Start a test process outside of our own cgroup
 systemd-run -p DynamicUser=1 --unit=test20-sleep.service /bin/sleep infinity
-EXTERNALPID=`systemctl show -P MainPID test20-sleep.service`
+EXTERNALPID=`systemctl show -p MainPID --value test20-sleep.service`
 
 # Update our own main PID to the external test PID, this should work
 systemd-notify MAINPID=$EXTERNALPID
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $EXTERNALPID
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $EXTERNALPID
 
 # Update our own main PID to the internal test PID, this should work, too
 systemd-notify MAINPID=$INTERNALPID
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $INTERNALPID
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $INTERNALPID
 
 # Update it back to our own PID, this should also work
 systemd-notify MAINPID=$$
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 # Try to set it to PID 1, which it should ignore, because that's the manager
 systemd-notify MAINPID=1
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 # Try to set it to PID 0, which is invalid and should be ignored
 systemd-notify MAINPID=0
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 # Try to set it to a valid but non-existing PID, which should be ignored. (Note
 # that we set the PID to a value well above any known /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max,
 # which means we can be pretty sure it doesn't exist by coincidence)
 systemd-notify MAINPID=1073741824
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 # Change it again to the external PID, without privileges this time. This should be ignored, because the PID is from outside of our cgroup and we lack privileges.
 systemd-notify --uid=1000 MAINPID=$EXTERNALPID
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 # Change it again to the internal PID, without privileges this time. This should work, as the process is on our cgroup, and that's enough even if we lack privileges.
 systemd-notify --uid=1000 MAINPID=$INTERNALPID
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $INTERNALPID
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $INTERNALPID
 
 # Update it back to our own PID, this should also work
 systemd-notify --uid=1000 MAINPID=$$
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value testsuite-20.service` -eq $$
 
 cat >/tmp/test20-mainpid.sh <<EOF
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ EOF
 chmod +x /tmp/test20-mainpid.sh
 
 systemd-run --unit=test20-mainpidsh.service -p StandardOutput=tty -p StandardError=tty -p Type=forking -p RuntimeDirectory=mainpidsh -p PIDFile=/run/mainpidsh/pid /tmp/test20-mainpid.sh
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID test20-mainpidsh.service` -eq `cat /run/mainpidsh/pid`
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value test20-mainpidsh.service` -eq `cat /run/mainpidsh/pid`
 
 cat >/tmp/test20-mainpid2.sh <<EOF
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ EOF
 chmod +x /tmp/test20-mainpid2.sh
 
 systemd-run --unit=test20-mainpidsh2.service -p StandardOutput=tty -p StandardError=tty -p Type=forking -p RuntimeDirectory=mainpidsh2 -p PIDFile=/run/mainpidsh2/pid /tmp/test20-mainpid2.sh
-test `systemctl show -P MainPID test20-mainpidsh2.service` -eq `cat /run/mainpidsh2/pid`
+test `systemctl show -p MainPID --value test20-mainpidsh2.service` -eq `cat /run/mainpidsh2/pid`
 
 cat >/dev/shm/test20-mainpid3.sh <<EOF
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ chmod 755 /dev/shm/test20-mainpid3.sh
 ! systemd-run --unit=test20-mainpidsh3.service -p StandardOutput=tty -p StandardError=tty -p Type=forking -p RuntimeDirectory=mainpidsh3 -p PIDFile=/run/mainpidsh3/pid -p DynamicUser=1 -p TimeoutStartSec=2s /dev/shm/test20-mainpid3.sh
 
 # Test that this failed due to timeout, and not some other error
-test `systemctl show -P Result test20-mainpidsh3.service` = timeout
+test `systemctl show -p Result --value test20-mainpidsh3.service` = timeout
 
 systemd-analyze log-level info
 

test/units/testsuite-32.sh

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ if test -f /sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/testsuite-32.service/memory.oom.group; th
     echo f >/proc/sysrq-trigger
 
     while : ; do
-        STATE=`systemctl show -P ActiveState oomtest.service`
+        STATE=`systemctl show -p ActiveState --value oomtest.service`
         [ "$STATE" = "failed" ] && break
         sleep .5
     done
 
-    RESULT=`systemctl show -P Result oomtest.service`
+    RESULT=`systemctl show -p Result --value oomtest.service`
     test "$RESULT" = "oom-kill"
 
     systemd-analyze log-level info

test/units/testsuite-41.sh

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ systemd-analyze log-target console
 ! systemd-run --unit=one -p Type=oneshot -p Restart=on-failure /bin/bash -c "exit 1"
 
 for ((secs=0; secs<$MAX_SECS; secs++)); do
-  [[ "$(systemctl show one.service -P NRestarts)" -le 0 ]] || break
+  [[ "$(systemctl show one.service -p NRestarts --value)" -le 0 ]] || break
   sleep 1
 done
-if [[ "$(systemctl show one.service -P NRestarts)" -le 0 ]]; then
+if [[ "$(systemctl show one.service -p NRestarts --value)" -le 0 ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi