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.Dd August 2011 "  "
.Dt LOGGER(1) "" "User Commands"
.Os util-linux
.Sh NAME
.Nm logger
.Nd a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm logger
.Op Fl dhisV
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl n Ar server
.Op Fl P Ar port
.Op Fl p Ar pri
.Op Fl t Ar tag
.Op Fl u Ar socket
.Op Ar message
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm logger
makes entries in the system log.
It provides a shell command interface to the
.Xr syslog  3
system log module.
.Pp
Options:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "message"
.It Fl d, Fl Fl udp
Use datagram (UDP) instead of the default stream connection (TCP).
.It Fl i, Fl Fl id
Log the process ID of the logger process with each line.
.It Fl f, Fl Fl file Ar file
Log the contents of the specified \fIfile\fR.  This option cannot be
combined with a command-line message.
.It Fl h, Fl Fl help
Display a help text and exit.
.It Fl n, Fl Fl server Ar server
Write to the specified remote syslog
.Ar server
using UDP instead of to the builtin syslog routines.
.It Fl P, Fl Fl port Ar port
Use the specified UDP
.Ar port  .
The default port number is 514.
.It Fl p, Fl Fl priority Ar priority
Enter the message into the log with the specified
.Ar priority  .
The priority may be specified numerically or as a \fIfacility.level\fR
pair.
For example, \fB-p local3.info\fR logs the message as
informational in the local3 facility.
The default is \fIuser.notice\fR.
.It Fl s, Fl Fl stderr
Output the message to standard error as well as to the system log.
.It Fl t, Fl Fl tag Ar tag
Mark every line to be logged with the specified
.Ar tag  .
.It Fl u, Fl Fl socket Ar socket
Write to the specified
.Ar socket
instead of to the builtin syslog routines.
.It Fl V, Fl Fl version
Display version information and exit.
.It --
End the argument list. This is to allow the
.Ar message
to start with a hyphen (\-).
.It Ar message
Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
.Fl f
flag is not
provided, standard input is logged.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm logger
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Pp
Valid facility names are: auth, authpriv (for security information of a
sensitive nature), cron, daemon, ftp, kern (can't be generated from user
process), lpr, mail, news, security (deprecated synonym for auth), syslog,
user, uucp, and local0 to local7, inclusive.
.Pp
Valid level names are:
alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, error (deprecated synonym for err),
info, notice, panic (deprecated synonym for emerg), warning,
warn (deprecated synonym for warning).
For the priority order and intended purposes of these levels, see
.Xr syslog 3 .
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
logger System rebooted

logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc

logger \-n loghost.example.com System rebooted
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr syslog 3 ,
.Xr syslogd 8
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm logger
command is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compatible.
.Sh AVAILABILITY
The logger command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.