Difference between Service and Systemctl

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systemctl command which is mostly used to enable services to start at boot time.

systemctl enable service_name, and the service will automatically start at boot time.

What is the use of service start service_name

refer this link https://askubuntu.com/questions/903354/difference-between-systemctl-and-service — Prabhakar Lad, Feb 19 '18 at 11:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '18 at 12:31

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Both commands are used to up and down services in GNU/Linux.

But, service command is using by sysvinit, and systemctl is using by systemd.

In systemd, service command exists yet, but only to legacy compatibility with old sysvinit scripts

answered Feb 19 '18 at 12:31

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