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.TH LOGGER 1 "21 June 1998" GNO "Commands and Applications"
.SH NAME
.BR logger
\- make entries in the system log
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR logger
[
.B -is
] [
.BI f " file"
] [
.BI p " pri"
] [
.BI t " tag"
]
.IR message " ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR Logger
provides a shell command interface to the
.BR syslog (3)
system log module.
.LP
Options:
.RS
.IP \fB-i\fR
Log the process id of the logger process
with each line.
.IP \fB-s\fR
Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
.IP "\fB-f\fR \fIfile\fR"
Log the specified file.
.IP "\fB-p\fR \fIpri\fR"
Enter the message with the specified priority.
The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
pair.
For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
.BR info rmational
level in the
.BR local3
facility.
The default is ``user.notice.''
.IP "\fB-t\fR \fItag\fR"
Mark every line in the log with the specified
.BR tag .
.IP \fImessage\fR
Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
.B -f
flag is not
provided, standard input is logged.
.RE
.LP
The
.BR logger
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR syslog (3),
.BR syslogd (8)
.SH STANDARDS
The
.BR logger
command is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.