Getting systemctl service status

Question

I am trying to get the status of systemctl service using below command.

systemctl --no-pager status service_name | grep "Active" | cut -d ":" -f2

The output i am getting is

active (exited) since Mon 2023-09-04 21

I just want active or inactive in the output. How do I achieve this ?

Answer 1

systemctl is-active service_name

What this command does is check whether any of the specified units are active (i.e. running). Returns an exit code 0 if at least one is active, or non-zero otherwise. You can find it int the man manual