Are there any other #logging systems for #Linux that can answer queries like “show me all log entries of level warning or higher that were emitted by service xyz since the last reboot”?
#Systemd journalctl can do this, but is that the only one?
Note: I need to be able to select log entries by service name, not the self-reported program name in syslog, because some programs (such as cron) don't report their name correctly.
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