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32.\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/logger/logger.1 63402 2000-07-18 08:56:54Z dwmalone $
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34.\"
35.Dd June 6, 1993
36.Dt LOGGER 1
37.Os BSD 4.3
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm logger
40.Nd make entries in the system log
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl is
44.Op Fl f Ar file
45.Op Fl h Ar host
46.Op Fl p Ar pri
47.Op Fl t Ar tag
48.Op Ar message ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Nm Logger
51provides a shell command interface to the
52.Xr syslog 3
53system log module.
54.Pp
55The following options are available:
56.Bl -tag -width indent
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57.It Fl 4
58Forces
59.Nm
60to use IPv4 addresses only.
61.It Fl 6
62Forces
63.Nm
64to use IPv6 addresses only.
65.It Fl A
66.Nm
67tries to send the message to only one address
68even if the host has more than one A or AAAA record.
69If this option is specified,
70.Nm
71tries to send the message to all addresses. |
72.It Fl i
73Log the process id of the logger process
74with each line.
75.It Fl s
76Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
77.It Fl f Ar file
78Log the specified file.
79.It Fl h Ar host
80Send the message to the remote system
81.Ar host
82instead of logging it locally.
83.It Fl p Ar pri
84Enter the message with the specified priority.
85The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
86pair.
87For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
88.Ar info Ns rmational
89level in the
90.Ar local3
91facility.
92The default is ``user.notice.''
93.It Fl t Ar tag
94Mark every line in the log with the specified
95.Ar tag .
96.It Ar message
97Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
98.Fl f
99flag is not
100provided, standard input is logged.
101.El
102.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
103The
104.Nm
105utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
106.Sh EXAMPLES
107.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
108logger System rebooted
109
110logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
111.Ed
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr syslog 3 ,
114.Xr syslogd 8
115.Sh STANDARDS
116The
117.Nm
118command is expected to be
119.St -p1003.2
120compatible.
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