logger.tproj/logger.1

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  37 .Dd June 6, 1993
  38 .Dt LOGGER 1
  39 .Os BSD 4.3
  40 .Sh NAME
  41 .Nm logger
  42 .Nd make entries in the system log
  43 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  44 .Nm logger
  45 .Op Fl is
  46 .Op Fl f Ar file
  47 .Op Fl p Ar pri
  48 .Op Fl t Ar tag
  49 .Op Ar message ...
  50 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  51 .Nm Logger
  52 provides a shell command interface to the
  53 .Xr syslog  3
  54 system log module.
  55 .Pp
  56 Options:
  57 .Pp
  58 .Bl -tag -width "message"
  59 .It Fl i
  60 Log the process id of the logger process
  61 with each line.
  62 .It Fl s
  63 Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
  64 .It Fl f Ar file
  65 Log the specified file.
  66 .It Fl p Ar pri
  67 Enter the message with the specified priority.
  68 The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
  69 pair.
  70 For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
  71 .Ar info Ns rmational
  72 level in the
  73 .Ar local3
  74 facility.
  75 The default is ``user.notice.''
  76 .It Fl t Ar tag
  77 Mark every line in the log with the specified
  78 .Ar tag  .
  79 .It Ar message
  80 Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
  81 .Fl f
  82 flag is not
  83 provided, standard input is logged.
  84 .El
  85 .Pp
  86 The
  87 .Nm logger
  88 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
  89 .Sh EXAMPLES
  90 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
  91 logger System rebooted
  92
  93 logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
  94 .Ed
  95 .Sh SEE ALSO
  96 .Xr syslog 3 ,
  97 .Xr syslogd 8
  98 .Sh STANDARDS
  99 The
 100 .Nm logger
 101 utility conforms to
 102 .St -p1003.2-92 .