Name
logger
Synopsis
logger [options
] [messages
]
Logs messages to the system log (/var/log/system.log). Command-line messages are logged if provided. Otherwise, messages are read and logged, line-by-line, from the file provided via -f. If no such file is given, logger reads messages from standard input.
Options
-
-f
file
Read and log messages from
file
.- -i
Log the PID of the logger process with each message.
-
-p
priority
Log each message with the given
priority
. Priorities have the formfacility
.level
. The default is user.notice. See syslog(3) for more information.- -s
Also log messages to standard error.
-
-t
tag
Add
tag
to each message line.
Example
Warn about upcoming trouble:
$ logger -p user.emerg 'Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!'
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