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10 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> |
11 | ||
12 | <refentryinfo> | |
13 | <title>systemd-cat</title> | |
14 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
15 | ||
16 | <authorgroup> | |
17 | <author> | |
18 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
19 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
20 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
21 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
22 | </author> | |
23 | </authorgroup> | |
24 | </refentryinfo> | |
25 | ||
26 | <refmeta> | |
27 | <refentrytitle>systemd-cat</refentrytitle> | |
28 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> | |
29 | </refmeta> | |
30 | ||
31 | <refnamediv> | |
32 | <refname>systemd-cat</refname> | |
33 | <refpurpose>Connect a pipeline or program's output with the journal</refpurpose> | |
34 | </refnamediv> | |
35 | ||
36 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
37 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
38 | <command>systemd-cat <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg>COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGUMENTS</arg></command> | |
39 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
40 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
41 | <command>systemd-cat <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command> | |
42 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
43 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
44 | ||
45 | <refsect1> | |
46 | <title>Description</title> | |
47 | ||
48 | <para><command>systemd-cat</command> may be used to connect the | |
49 | standard input and output of a process to the journal, or as a | |
50 | filter tool in a shell pipeline to pass the output the previous | |
51 | pipeline element generates to the journal.</para> | |
52 | ||
53 | <para>If no parameter is passed, <command>systemd-cat</command> | |
54 | will write everything it reads from standard input (stdin) to the | |
55 | journal.</para> | |
56 | ||
57 | <para>If parameters are passed, they are executed as command line | |
58 | with standard output (stdout) and standard error output (stderr) | |
59 | connected to the journal, so that all it writes is stored in the | |
60 | journal.</para> | |
61 | </refsect1> | |
62 | ||
63 | <refsect1> | |
64 | <title>Options</title> | |
65 | ||
66 | <para>The following options are understood:</para> | |
67 | ||
68 | <variablelist> | |
69 | <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> | |
70 | <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> | |
71 | ||
72 | <varlistentry> | |
73 | <term><option>-t</option></term> | |
74 | <term><option>--identifier=</option></term> | |
75 | ||
76 | <listitem><para>Specify a short string that is used to | |
77 | identify the logging tool. If not specified, no identification | |
78 | string is written to the journal.</para></listitem> | |
79 | </varlistentry> | |
80 | ||
81 | <varlistentry> | |
82 | <term><option>-p</option></term> | |
83 | <term><option>--priority=</option></term> | |
84 | ||
85 | <listitem><para>Specify the default priority level for the | |
86 | logged messages. Pass one of | |
87 | <literal>emerg</literal>, | |
88 | <literal>alert</literal>, | |
89 | <literal>crit</literal>, | |
90 | <literal>err</literal>, | |
91 | <literal>warning</literal>, | |
92 | <literal>notice</literal>, | |
93 | <literal>info</literal>, | |
94 | <literal>debug</literal>, or a | |
95 | value between 0 and 7 (corresponding to the same named | |
96 | levels). These priority values are the same as defined by | |
97 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
98 | Defaults to <literal>info</literal>. Note that this simply | |
99 | controls the default, individual lines may be logged with | |
b938cb90 | 100 | different levels if they are prefixed accordingly. For details, |
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101 | see <option>--level-prefix=</option> below.</para></listitem> |
102 | </varlistentry> | |
103 | ||
104 | <varlistentry> | |
105 | <term><option>--level-prefix=</option></term> | |
106 | ||
107 | <listitem><para>Controls whether lines read are parsed for | |
108 | syslog priority level prefixes. If enabled (the default), a | |
109 | line prefixed with a priority prefix such as | |
110 | <literal><5></literal> is logged at priority 5 | |
111 | (<literal>notice</literal>), and similar for the other | |
112 | priority levels. Takes a boolean argument.</para></listitem> | |
113 | </varlistentry> | |
114 | ||
115 | </variablelist> | |
116 | ||
117 | </refsect1> | |
118 | ||
119 | <refsect1> | |
120 | <title>Exit status</title> | |
121 | ||
122 | <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code | |
123 | otherwise.</para> | |
124 | </refsect1> | |
125 | ||
126 | <refsect1> | |
127 | <title>Examples</title> | |
128 | ||
129 | <example> | |
130 | <title>Invoke a program</title> | |
131 | ||
132 | <para>This calls <filename noindex='true'>/bin/ls</filename> | |
133 | with standard output and error connected to the journal:</para> | |
134 | ||
135 | <programlisting># systemd-cat ls</programlisting> | |
136 | </example> | |
137 | ||
138 | <example> | |
139 | <title>Usage in a shell pipeline</title> | |
140 | ||
141 | <para>This builds a shell pipeline also invoking | |
142 | <filename>/bin/ls</filename> and writes the output it generates | |
143 | to the journal:</para> | |
144 | ||
145 | <programlisting># ls | systemd-cat</programlisting> | |
146 | </example> | |
147 | ||
148 | <para>Even though the two examples have very similar effects the | |
149 | first is preferable since only one process is running at a time, | |
150 | and both stdout and stderr are captured while in the second | |
151 | example, only stdout is captured.</para> | |
152 | </refsect1> | |
153 | ||
154 | <refsect1> | |
155 | <title>See Also</title> | |
156 | <para> | |
157 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
158 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
3ba3a79d | 159 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>logger</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
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160 | </para> |
161 | </refsect1> | |
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163 | </refentry> |