(BSD System Compatibility)
logger(1bsd)
logger --
(BSD) add entries to the system log
Synopsis
/usr/ucb/logger [-t tag] [-p priority] [-i] [-f file] [message] . . .
Description
logger
provides a method for adding one-line entries to the system log file
from the command line.
One or more
message
arguments can be given on the command line, in which case each is
logged immediately.
Otherwise, a
file
can be specified, in which case each line in the file
is logged.
If neither is specified,
logger
reads and logs messages on a line-by-line basis from the standard input.
Command options
-t tag-
Mark each line added to the log with the specified
tag.
-p priority-
Enter the message with the specified
priority.
The message priority can be specified numerically, or as a
facility.level
pair.
For example,
`-p local3.info'
assigns the message priority to the
info
level in the
local3
facility.
The default priority is
user.notice.
-i-
Log the process
ID
of the
logger
process with each line.
-f file-
Use the contents of
file
as the message to log.
message-
If this is unspecified, either the file
indicated with
-f
or the standard input is added to the log.
Example
logger System rebooted
will log the message
`System rebooted'
to the facility at priority
notice
to be treated by
syslogd
as other messages to the facility
notice
are.
logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
will read from the file
/dev/idmc
and will log each line in that file as a message with the tag
HOSTIDM
at priority
notice
to be treated by
syslogd
as other messages to the facility
local0
are.
References
syslog(3G),
syslogd(1M)
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