logger(1) USER COMMANDS logger(1)
NAME
logger - add entries to the system log
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/logger [ -t tag ] [ -p priority ] [ -i ] [ -f
filename ] [ 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 filename 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. The following
options are available:
-t tag Mark each line added to the log with the speci-
fied tag.
-p priority Enter the message with the specified priority.
The message priority can be specified numeri-
cally, or as a facility.level pair. For exam-
ple, `-p local3.info' assigns the message prior-
ity 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 filename Use the contents of filename as the message to
log.
message If this is unspecified, either the file indi-
cated 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 prior-
ity notice to be treated by syslogd as other messages
to the facility local0 are.
SEE ALSO
syslog(3), syslogd(1M)
Last change: BSD Compatibility Package 1