logger.1 (1008B)
1 .Dd December 4, 2014 2 .Dt LOGGER 1 sbase\-VERSION 3 .Os 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm logger 6 .Nd make entries in the system log 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm logger 9 .Op Fl is 10 .Op Fl p Ar priority 11 .Op Fl t Ar tag 12 .Op Ar message ... 13 .Sh DESCRIPTION 14 .Nm 15 provides a shell command interface to the 16 .Xr syslog 3 17 system log module. 18 .Pp 19 .Sh OPTIONS 20 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxx 21 .It Fl i 22 Log the process ID of the logger process with each line. 23 .It Fl p Ar priority 24 Enter the message with the specified priority. They priority 25 has to be specified symbolically as 26 .Dq facility.level 27 pair. The default is 28 .Dq user.notice . 29 .It Fl s 30 Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log. 31 .It Fl t Ar tag 32 Mark every line in the log with the specified 33 .Ar tag . 34 .It Ar message 35 Write the message to the log; if not specified, standard input 36 is logged. 37 .El 38 .Sh SEE ALSO 39 .Xr syslog 3 , 40 .Xr syslogd 1 41 .Sh STANDARDS 42 The 43 .Nm 44 utility is compliant with the 45 .St -p1003.1-2008 46 specification. 47 .Pp 48 The flags 49 .Op Fl ipst 50 are extensions to that specification.