misc-utils/logger.1

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  36 .TH LOGGER "1" "April 2013" "util-linux" "User Commands"
  37 .SH NAME
  38 logger \- a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module
  39 .SH SYNOPSIS
  40 .B logger
  41 .RI [ options "] [" message ]
  42 .SH DESCRIPTION
  43 .B logger
  44 makes entries in the system log.  It provides a shell command
  45 interface to the
  46 .BR syslog (3)
  47 system log module.
  48 .SH OPTIONS
  49 .TP
  50 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-udp\fR
  51 Use datagram (UDP) only.  By default the connection is tried to the
  52 .I syslog
  53 port defined in /etc/services, which is often
  54 .IR 514 .
  55 .TP
  56 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
  57 Display help text and exit.
  58 .TP
  59 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-id\fR
  60 Log the process ID of the logger process with each line.
  61 .TP
  62 .TP
  63 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-server\fR \fIserver\fR
  64 Write to the specified remote syslog
  65 .I server
  66 instead of to the builtin syslog routines.  Unless
  67 .B \-\-udp
  68 or
  69 .B \-\-tcp
  70 is specified, \fBlogger\fR will first try to use UDP,
  71 but if thist fails a TCP connection is attempted.
  72 .TP
  73 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-port\fR \fIport\fR
  74 Use the specified
  75 .IR port .
  76 .TP
  77 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR \fIfile\fR
  78 Log the contents of the specified
  79 .IR file .
  80 This option cannot be combined with a command-line message.
  81 .TP
  82 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-priority\fR \fIpriority\fR
  83 Enter the message into the log with the specified
  84 .IR priority  .
  85 The priority may be specified numerically or as a
  86 .I facility.level
  87 pair.
  88 For example,
  89 .B -p
  90 .I local3.info
  91 logs the message as informational in the local3 facility.
  92 The default is
  93 .IR user.notice .
  94 .TP
  95 \fB\-\-prio\-prefix\fR
  96 Look for a syslog prefix on every line read from standard input.
  97 This prefix is a number within angle brackets that contains both the facility
  98 and the level.  This decimal prefix is constructed by multiplying the
  99 facility by 8 and then adding the level.  Thus, for example, \fIlocal0.info\fR,
 100 facility=16 and level=6, becomes \fI<134>\fR.
 101
 102 If the prefix contains no facility, the facility defaults to what is
 103 specified by the \fB\-p\fR option.  Similarly, if no prefix is provided,
 104 the line is logged using the \fB\-p\fR \fIpriority\fR.
 105
 106 This option doesn't affect a command-line message.
 107 .TP
 108 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-stderr\fR
 109 Output the message to standard error as well as to the system log.
 110 .TP
 111 \fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-tcp\fR
 112 Use stream (TCP) only.  By default the connection is tried to the
 113 .I syslog-conn
 114 port defined in /etc/services, which is often
 115 .IR 601 .
 116 .TP
 117 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tag\fR \fItag\fR
 118 Mark every line to be logged with the specified
 119 .IR tag .
 120 .TP
 121 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-socket\fR \fIsocket\fR
 122 Write to the specified
 123 .I socket
 124 instead of to the builtin syslog routines.
 125 .TP
 126 \fB\-\-journald\fR [\fIfile\fR]
 127 Write systemd journal entry.  The entry is read from
 128 .I stdin
 129 or input
 130 .IR file .
 131 Each new line must begin with a field that is accepted by journald, see
 132 .IR systemd.journal-fields (7)
 133 for details.  Use of MESSAGE_ID field is generally good idea, as they
 134 make finding entries easy.
 135 .IP
 136 .nf
 137 $ printf "%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n" MESSAGE_ID=86184c3b1aa444f58ebe7b30fec1438b DOGS=bark "CARAVAN=goes on" | logger --journald
 138 $ logger --journald=entry.txt
 139 .fi
 140 .IP
 141 Notice that
 142 .B \-\-journald
 143 will ignore values of other options, such as priority.  If priority is
 144 needed it must be within input, and use PRIORITY field.  The simple
 145 execution of
 146 .B journalctl
 147 will display MESSAGE field.  Use
 148 .B journalctl --output json-pretty
 149 to see rest of the fields.
 150 .TP
 151 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
 152 Display version information and exit.
 153 .TP
 154 \fB\-\-\fR
 155 End the argument list.  This is to allow the
 156 .I message
 157 to start with a hyphen (\-).
 158 .TP
 159 .I message
 160 Write this \fImessage\fR to the log; if not specified, and the
 161 .B \-f
 162 flag is not provided, standard input is logged.
 163 .SH RETURN VALUE
 164 The
 165 .B logger
 166 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
 167 .SH FACILITIES AND LEVELS
 168 Valid facility names are:
 169 .IP
 170 .TS
 171 tab(:);
 172 left l l.
 173 \fIauth\fR
 174 \fIauthpriv\fR:for security information of a sensitive nature
 175 \fIcron\fR
 176 \fIdaemon\fR
 177 \fIftp\fR
 178 \fIkern\fR:cannot be generated from user process
 179 \fIlpr\fR
 180 \fImail\fR
 181 \fInews\fR
 182 \fIsyslog\fR
 183 \fIuser\fR
 184 \fIuucp\fR
 185 \fIlocal0\fR
 186   to:
 187 \fIlocal7\fR
 188 \fIsecurity\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIauth\fR
 189 .TE
 190 .PP
 191 Valid level names are:
 192 .IP
 193 .TS
 194 tab(:);
 195 left l l.
 196 \fIemerg\fR
 197 \fIalert\fR
 198 \fIcrit\fR
 199 \fIerr\fR
 200 \fIwarning\fR
 201 \fInotice\fR
 202 \fIinfo\fR
 203 \fIdebug\fR
 204 \fIpanic\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIemerg\fR
 205 \fIerror\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIerr\fR
 206 \fIwarn\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIwarning\fR
 207 .TE
 208 .PP
 209 For the priority order and intended purposes of these facilities and levels, see
 210 .BR syslog (3).
 211 .SH EXAMPLES
 212 logger System rebooted
 213 .br
 214 logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
 215 .br
 216 logger \-n loghost.example.com System rebooted
 217 .SH SEE ALSO
 218 .BR syslog (3),
 219 .BR syslogd (8),
 220 .BR journalctl (1),
 221 .BR systemd.journal-fields (7)
 222 .SH STANDARDS
 223 The
 224 .B logger
 225 command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compatible.
 226 .SH AVAILABILITY
 227 The logger command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
 228 .UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
 229 Linux Kernel Archive
 230 .UE .