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LOGGER(1) BSD General Commands Manual LOGGER(1)
NAME
logger ? make entries in the system log |
SYNOPSIS
logger [?is] [?f file] [?p pri] [?t tag] [?u socket] [message ...] |
DESCRIPTION |
Logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module. Options: |
?i’ Log the process id of the logger process with each line.
?s’ Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log. ?f file ?p pri ?t tag ?u sock --’ End the argument list. This is to allow the message to start with a hyphen (?). This feature was not present in the original BSD logger command; it is a GNU-specific extra. message The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. Valid facility names are: auth, authpriv (for security information of a sensitive nature), cron, daemon, ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, security (deprecated synonym for auth), syslog, user, uucp, and local0 to local7, inclusive. Valid level names are: alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, error (deprecated synonym for err), info, notice, panic (deprecated synonym for emerg), warning, warn (deprecated synonym for warning). EXAMPLES |
logger System rebooted logger ?p local0.notice ?t HOSTIDM ?f /dev/idmc |
SEE ALSO
syslog(3), syslogd(8) |
STANDARDS
The logger command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (‘‘POSIX.2’’) compatible. 4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 4.3 Berkeley Distribution |