systemctl status globbing does not work with .service suffix on version 222

[Leo Arias]

I am writing a test that executes systemctl status docker_docker-daemon_*.service to get if the docker service is running.

This works in systemd 219, the version we have in vivid:

(amd64)ubuntu@test:~$ systemd --version
systemd 219
+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT -GNUTLS +ACL +XZ -LZ4 -SECCOMP +BLKID -ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN
(amd64)ubuntu@test:~$ systemctl status docker_docker-daemon_*.service
● docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service - The docker app deployment mechanism
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-07-14 14:41:10 UTC; 15min ago
 Main PID: 11860 (docker.start)
   CGroup: /system.slice/docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service
           ├─11860 /bin/bash /apps/docker/1.6.1.002/bin/docker.start
           ├─11868 docker.x86_64 -d -G docker -g /var/lib/apps/docker/1.6.1.0...
           └─12664 sleep 2

On version 222, the version we have in wily it doesn't work:

(amd64)ubuntu@localhost:~$ systemctl status docker_docker-daemon_*.service

(nothing is returned)
Changing the * by the version, it works:

(amd64)ubuntu@localhost:~$ systemctl status docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service
● docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service - The docker app deployment mechanism
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-07-14 14:45:31 UTC; 12min ago
 Main PID: 789 (docker.start)
   CGroup: /system.slice/docker_docker-daemon_1.6.1.002.service
           ├─ 789 /bin/bash /apps/docker/1.6.1.002/bin/docker.start
           ├─ 800 docker.x86_64 -d -G docker -g /var/lib/apps/docker/1.6.1.00...
           └─1372 sleep 2

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

To test it easily in every machine, try: systemctl status *.mount

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

With current wily (225) this seems to work fine for services: sudo systemctl status 'a*' shows me apparmor, apport, and atd. This also works for templates, e. g. systemctl status '*rfkill@*'.

What indeed does not work is globbing with unit suffixes, like systemctl status 'a*.service'. I suggest for now to just drop the .service suffix in your test to unblock this.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

This is not blocking us. We worked it around by using the full service name.

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

please reopen if this is still an issue