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.\" $NetBSD: logger.1,v 1.15 2012/05/13 17:08:31 njoly Exp $
.\"
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.\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
.Dd April 26, 2012
.Dt LOGGER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm logger
.Nd make entries in the system log
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl cins
.Op Fl d Ar SD
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl m Ar msgid
.Op Fl p Ar pri
.Op Fl t Ar tag
.Op Ar message ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
provides a shell command interface to the
.Xr syslog 3
system log module.
.Pp
Options:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "messageXX"
.It Fl c
Log to console
.Dv ( LOG_CONS ) .
.It Fl d Ar sd
Log this in the structured data (SD) field.
.Po
.Ar sd
has to be passed as one argument and will require careful quoting when used from
the shell.
.Pc
.It Fl f Ar file
Log the specified file.
.It Fl i
Log the process id of the logger process
with each line
.Dv ( LOG_PID ) .
.It Fl m Ar msgid
The MSGID used for the message.
.It Fl n
Open log file immediately
.Dv ( LOG_NDELAY ) .
.It Fl p Ar pri
Enter the message with the specified priority.
The priority may be specified numerically or as a
.Dq facility.level
pair.
For example,
.Dq \-p local3.info
logs the message(s) as
.Ar info Ns rmational
level in the
.Ar local3
facility.
The default is
.Dq user.notice .
.It Fl s
Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log
.Dv ( LOG_PERROR ) .
.It Fl t Ar tag
Mark every line in the log with the specified
.Ar tag .
.It Ar message
Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
.Fl f
flag is not provided, standard input is logged.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std logger
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
logger System rebooted
logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr syslog 3 ,
.Xr syslogd 8
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility conforms to
.St -p1003.2-92 .