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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions systemd-service-status.py
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Expand Up @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def cache_service_status(self):
# Temporary data structure used to create sorted oid list later
oids = [self.oid_prefix]

lines = subprocess.check_output(["/bin/systemctl", "list-units", "-a", "-t", "service", "--no-legend"]).decode("UTF-8").split("\n")
lines = subprocess.check_output(["/bin/systemctl", "list-units", "-a", "-t", "service", "--no-legend", "--plain"]).decode("UTF-8").split("\n")

for line in lines:
# Filter out systemd services that are service instance "templates" and
Expand All @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def cache_service_status(self):
#
# Regular expression can be easily tested online, e.g. here: https://pythex.org
#
result = re.search(r"^(.+)\.service\s+[\w|-]+\s+\w+\s+(\w+)\s+.*$", line)
result = re.search(r"^(.+)\.service\s+[\w|-]+\s+\w+\s+([\w|-]+)\s+.*$", line)
service_name = result.group(1)
service_status = result.group(2)

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