systemd-cgls1
Recursively show control group contents
Usage
systemd-cgls [OPTIONS ...]
[CGROUP ...]
systemd-cgls {[OPTIONS ...]
--unit | --user-unit
UNIT ...}
Overview
systemd-cgls recursively shows the contents of the selected Linux control group hierarchy in a tree. If arguments are specified, shows all member processes of the specified control groups plus all their subgroups and their members. The control groups may either be specified by their full file paths or are assumed in the systemd control group hierarchy. If no argument is specified and the current working directory is beneath the control group mount point /sys/fs/cgroup/, shows the contents of the control group the working directory refers to. Otherwise, the full systemd control group hierarchy is shown.
By default, empty control groups are not shown.
Options
The following options are understood:
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--all -
Do not hide empty control groups in the output.
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-l, --full -
Do not ellipsize process tree members.
Added in version 198.
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-u, --unit -
Show cgroup subtrees for the specified units.
Added in version 233.
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--user-unit -
Show cgroup subtrees for the specified user units.
Added in version 233.
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-k -
Include kernel threads in output.
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-M MACHINE, --machine=MACHINE -
Limit control groups shown to the part corresponding to the container MACHINE.
Added in version 203.
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--xattr[=BOOL], -x -
Controls whether to include information about extended attributes of the listed control groups in the output. With the long option only, optionally accepts a boolean value. Defaults to no.
Added in version 250.
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--cgroup-id[=BOOL], -c -
Controls whether to include the numeric ID of the listed control groups in the output. With the long option only, optionally accepts a boolean value. Defaults to no.
Added in version 250.
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-h, --help -
Print a short help text and exit.
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--version -
Print a short version string and exit.
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--no-pager -
Do not pipe output into a pager.
Exit status
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
Releases
8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.
--all since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--cgroup-id since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--full since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--machine since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--unit since Debian 10 (Buster);
--user-unit since Debian 10 (Buster);
--version since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--xattr since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-M since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-c since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-l since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-u since Debian 10 (Buster);
-x since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.