Name
logger
Synopsis
logger [options
] [messages
]
Logs messages to the system log
(/var/log/system.log
). Command-line messages are
logged if provided. Otherwise, messages are read and logged,
line-by-line, from the file provided via -f
. If no
such file is given, logger
reads messages from
standard input.
Options
-
-f
file
Read and log messages from
file
.-
-i
Log the PID of the
logger
process with each message.-
-p
priority
Log each message with the given
priority
. Priorities have the formfacility
.level
. The default isuser.notice
. Seesyslog(3)
for more information.-
-s
Also log messages to standard error.
-
-t
tag
Add
tag
to each message line.
Example
Warn about upcoming trouble:
$ logger -p user.emerg 'Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!'
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