systemd is aliased to /usr/sbin/service, so old sysvinit commands still work: $ service nginx status which should cover your if it failed, why , what's t

systemd is aliased to /usr/sbin/service, so old sysvinit commands still work: $ service nginx status which should cover your if it failed, why , what's the syntax error For anything more complicated, refer to these cheatsheets: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#Using_units https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#Using_units https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Journal#Filtering_output https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Journal#Filtering_o... YMMV. I find systemd a lot easier to work with (I actually started wrapping daemons in proper services instead of sticking everything into nohup or tmux sessions).