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diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.1 b/misc-utils/logger.1 index 164c5f49c..d0293a801 100644 --- a/misc-utils/logger.1 +++ b/misc-utils/logger.1 @@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ given either, then standard input is logged. Use datagrams (UDP) only. By default the connection is tried to the syslog port defined in /etc/services, which is often 514 . .TP +.BR \-e , " \-\-skip-empty" +When processing files, empty lines will be ignored. An empty line +is defined to be a line without any characters. Thus a line consisting +only of whitespace is NOT considered empty. +Note that when the \fR\-\-prio\-prefix\fR option is specified, the priority +is not part of the line. Thus an empty line in this mode is a line that does +not have any characters after the priority (e.g. "<13>"). +.TP .BR \-f , " \-\-file " \fIfile Log the contents of the specified \fIfile\fR. This option cannot be combined with a command-line message. |