Servers

Manage Linux services and tail web server logs — all without remembering long systemctl syntax.

Aliases

sc

• Description: systemctl shorthand (requires sudo)
• Usage: sc <cmd> <service>
• Example: sc status nginx

sc status nginx
# ● nginx.service - A high performance web server
#    Active: active (running) since Mon 2026-04-06

scstart

• Description: Start a system service
• Usage: scstart <service>
• Example: scstart apache2

scstop

• Description: Stop a system service
• Usage: scstop <service>
• Example: scstop mysql

screstart

• Description: Restart a system service
• Usage: screstart <service>
• Example: screstart nginx

scstatus

• Description: View the status of a service (no sudo required)
• Usage: scstatus <service>
• Example: scstatus ufw

tailnginx

• Description: Tail the live NGINX error log
• Usage: tailnginx
• Example: tailnginx

tailnginx
# 2026/04/06 01:23:45 [error] 1234#0: *1 connect() failed

tailapache

• Description: Tail the live Apache2 error log
• Usage: tailapache
• Example: tailapache

💡 Pro tip: Combine with grep to filter for specific errors:

tailnginx | grep "502"

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