Name
logger
Synopsis
logger [options] [message...]
TCP/IP command. Add entries to the system log (via syslogd). If no message is given on the command line, standard input is logged.
Options
- -d
When writing to a socket with -s, use a datagram instead of a stream.
- -f file
Read message from file.
- -i
Include the process ID of the logger process.
- -p pri
Enter message with the specified priority pri. Default is user.notice.
- -s
Log message to standard error as well as to the system log.
- -t tag
Mark every line in the log with the specified tag.
- -u socket
Write log to socket instead of to the syslog.
- --
Accept no further options. Consider whatever is to the right of the hyphens as the message to be logged.
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