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+===================
+ service
+===================
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+run a System V init script
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 8
+:Manual group: System Manager's Manual
+:Author:
+    Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>,
+    Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
+
+:Version:   Jan 2006
+:Copyright: 2006 Red Hat, Inc.,  Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
+:License:   GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+
+``service`` *SCRIPT* *COMMAND* [*OPTIONS*]
+
+``service`` ``--status-all``
+
+``service`` ``--help`` | ``-h`` | ``--version``
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+``service`` runs a System V init script or systemd unit in as predictable an
+environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with the
+current working directory set to ``/``.
+
+
+The
+*SCRIPT*
+parameter specifies a System V init script, located in */etc/init.d/SCRIPT*,
+or the name of a systemd unit. The existence of a systemd unit of the same
+name as a script in ``/etc/init.d`` will cause the unit to take precedence
+over the init.d script.
+The supported values of *COMMAND* depend on the invoked script. ``service``
+passes *COMMAND*  and *OPTIONS* to the init script unmodified. For systemd
+units, start, stop, status, and reload are passed through to their
+systemctl/initctl equivalents.
+
+All scripts should support at least the ``start`` and ``stop`` commands.
+As a special case, if *COMMAND* is ``--full-restart``, the script is run
+twice, first with the ``stop`` command, then with the ``start``
+command. Note, that unlike ``update-rc.d``\(8\), ``service`` does not
+check ``/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d``.
+
+``service --status-all`` runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with
+the ``status`` command. The status is [ + ] for running services, [ - ] for
+stopped services and [ ? ] for services without a ``status`` command.  This
+option only calls status for sysvinit jobs.
+
+EXIT CODES
+==========
+
+``service`` calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
+
+FILES
+==========
+
+``/etc/init.d``
+    The directory containing System V init scripts.
+
+``/{lib,run,etc}/systemd/system``
+    The directories containing systemd units.
+
+ENVIRONMENT
+===========
+
+``LANG``, ``LANGUAGE``, ``LC_CTYPE``, ``LC_NUMERIC``, ``LC_TIME``, ``LC_COLLATE``, ``LC_MONETARY``, ``LC_MESSAGES``, ``LC_PAPER``, ``LC_NAME``, ``LC_ADDRESS``, ``LC_TELEPHONE``, ``LC_MEASUREMENT``, ``LC_IDENTIFICATION``, ``LC_ALL``, ``TERM``, ``PATH``
+    The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+
+| */etc/init.d/skeleton*
+| ``update-rc.d``\(8\)
+| ``init``\(8\)
+| ``invoke-rc.d``\(8\)
+| ``systemctl``\(1\)