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``kjournalprint`` – Knot DNS journal print utility
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Synopsis
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:program:`kjournalprint` [*config_option* *config_argument*] [*option*...] *zone_name*

:program:`kjournalprint` [*config_option* *config_argument*] **-z**

Description
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The program prints zone history stored in a journal database. As default,
changes are colored for terminal.

Config options
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**-c**, **--config** *file*
  Use a textual configuration file (default is :file:`@config_dir@/knot.conf`).

**-C**, **--confdb** *directory*
  Use a binary configuration database directory (default is :file:`@storage_dir@/confdb`).
  The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default
  configuration file.

**-D**, **--dir** *path*
  Use specified journal database path and default configuration.

Options
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**-z**, **--zone-list**
  Instead of reading the journal, display the list of zones in the DB.

**-l**, **--limit** *limit*
  Limits the number of displayed changes.

**-s**, **--serial** *soa*
  Start at a specific SOA serial.

**-H**, **--check**
  Enable additional journal semantic checks during printing.

**-d**, **--debug**
  Debug mode brief output.

**-x**, **--mono**
  Don't generate colorized output.

**-n**, **--no-color**
  An alias for **-x**. Use of this option is deprecated, it will be removed in the future.

**-X**, **--color**
  Force colorized output.

**-h**, **--help**
  Print the program help.

**-V**, **--version**
  Print the program version.

Parameters
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*zone_name*
  A name of the zone to print the history for.

Exit values
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Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates
an error.

Examples
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Last (most recent) 5 changes without colors::

  $ kjournalprint -nl 5 /var/lib/knot/journal example.com.

See Also
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:manpage:`knotd(8)`, :manpage:`knot.conf(5)`.
