logger(1)                USER COMMANDS                  logger(1)



NAME
     logger - add entries to the system log

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/logger [ -t tag ] [ -p priority  ]  [  -i  ]  [  -f
     filename ] [ message ] ...

DESCRIPTION
     logger provides a method for adding one-line entries to  the
     system  log file from the command line.  One or more message
     arguments can be given on the command line,  in  which  case
     each  is  logged  immediately.  Otherwise, a filename can be
     specified, in which case each line in the  file  is  logged.
     If neither is specified, logger reads and logs messages on a
     line-by-line basis from the standard input.   The  following
     options are available:

     -t tag      Mark each line added to the log with the  speci-
                 fied tag.

     -p priority Enter the message with the  specified  priority.
                 The  message  priority  can be specified numeri-
                 cally, or as a facility.level pair.   For  exam-
                 ple, `-p local3.info' assigns the message prior-
                 ity to the info level in  the  local3  facility.
                 The default priority is user.notice.

     -i          Log the process ID of the  logger  process  with
                 each line.

     -f filename Use the contents of filename as the  message  to
                 log.

     message     If this is unspecified, either  the  file  indi-
                 cated  with -f or the standard input is added to
                 the log.

EXAMPLE
          logger System rebooted
     will log the message `System rebooted' to  the  facility  at
     priority  notice  to be treated by syslogd as other messages
     to the facility notice are.

          logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM  -f  /dev/idmc  will
          read  from the file /dev/idmc and will log each line in
          that file as a message with the tag `HOSTIDM' at prior-
          ity  notice  to be treated by syslogd as other messages
          to the facility local0 are.

SEE ALSO
     syslog(3), syslogd(1M)




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