How to see active systemd timers
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How to see active systemd timers?
Run systemctl with the 'list-timers' subcommand.
systemctl list-timersThe systemctl command can be used to show the state of units, including timers. For timers, there is a specific subcommand list-timers available.
The information that is presented, includes:
- Next run of the timer
- How much time is left before this next run occurs
- Last time the timer was active
- Time passed since this last active run
- Timer unit name
- Related service unit that will be triggered
Usage
# systemctl list-timers
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
Thu 2024-11-21 10:58:24 CET 43min left Wed 2024-11-20 10:58:24 CET 23h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Thu 2024-11-21 18:01:44 CET 7h left Thu 2024-11-21 08:05:28 CET 2h 9min ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service
Fri 2024-11-22 00:00:00 CET 13h left Thu 2024-11-21 00:00:24 CET 10h ago dpkg-db-backup.timer dpkg-db-backup.service
Fri 2024-11-22 00:00:00 CET 13h left Thu 2024-11-21 00:00:24 CET 10h ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service
Fri 2024-11-22 04:37:08 CET 18h left Thu 2024-11-21 06:42:28 CET 3h 32min ago man-db.timer man-db.service
Fri 2024-11-22 06:10:48 CET 19h left Thu 2024-11-21 06:48:24 CET 3h 26min ago apt-daily-upgrade.timer apt-daily-upgrade.service
Sun 2024-11-24 03:10:56 CET 2 days left Sun 2024-11-17 03:10:24 CET 4 days ago e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_all.service
Mon 2024-11-25 01:13:09 CET 3 days left Mon 2024-11-18 01:12:54 CET 3 days ago fstrim.timer fstrim.service
8 timers listed.
Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.
