cat PATTERN...

Action

Prints the contents of a unit as systemd understands it to exist in memory. The source of the file is given proper accredidation in the print-out.

Example output

% systemctl cat dbus.service
# /lib/systemd/system/dbus.service
[Unit]
Description=D-Bus System Message Bus
Documentation=man:dbus-daemon(1)
Requires=dbus.socket
# Do not stop on shutdown
DefaultDependencies=no
Wants=sysinit.target
After=sysinit.target basic.target

[Service]
ExecStart=@/usr/bin/dbus-daemon @dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation --syslog-only
ExecReload=/usr/bin/dbus-send --print-reply --system --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig
OOMScoreAdjust=-900