"journalctl -n1000 -r" does not do what you would expect

[Jonathan Kamens]

I would expect "journalctl -n1000 -r" to display the most recent 1000 log entries in reverse order.

Instead, what it appears to do is skip over the 1000 most recent log entries and display the 1001st - 2000th log entries in reverse order.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: systemd 239-7ubuntu10.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 10 07:57:06 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-27 (104 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
MachineType: LENOVO 20KHCTO1WW
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.18.0-13-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgencrypted-lvencryptedroot ro quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-08 (62 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N23ET59W (1.34 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20KHCTO1WW
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN23ET59W(1.34):bd11/08/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20KHCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon6th:rvnLENOVO:rn20KHCTO1WW:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.product.name: 20KHCTO1WW
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20KH_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2018-10-04T06:36:50.792292
mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.logind.conf: 2018-11-08T10:52:42.381229

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

please reopen if this is still an issue