LOGGER(1) General Commands Manual LOGGER(1)

NAME

loggermake entries in the system log

SYNOPSIS

logger [-is] [-d SD] [-f file] [-m msgid] [-p pri] [-t tag] [message ...]

DESCRIPTION

logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module.

Options:

-d sd
Log this in the structured data (SD) field. (sd has to be passed as one argument and will require careful quoting when used from the shell.)
-f file
Log the specified file.
-i
Log the process id of the logger process with each line.
-m msgid
The MSGID used for the message.
-p pri
Enter the message with the specified priority. The priority may be specified numerically or as a “facility.level” pair. For example, “-p local3.info” logs the message(s) as informational level in the local3 facility. The default is “user.notice”.
-s
Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
-t tag
Mark every line in the log with the specified tag.
message
Write the message to log; if not specified, and the -f flag is not provided, standard input is logged.

EXIT STATUS

The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

logger System rebooted 
 
logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc

SEE ALSO

syslog(3), syslogd(8)

STANDARDS

The logger utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (“POSIX.2”).
May 14, 2010 NetBSD 6.1