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        !            36: .Dd June 6, 1993
        !            37: .Dt LOGGER 1
        !            38: .Os BSD 4.3
        !            39: .Sh NAME
        !            40: .Nm logger
        !            41: .Nd make entries in the system log
        !            42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            43: .Nm logger
        !            44: .Op Fl is
        !            45: .Op Fl f Ar file
        !            46: .Op Fl p Ar pri
        !            47: .Op Fl t Ar tag
        !            48: .Op Ar message ...
        !            49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            50: .Nm Logger
        !            51: provides a shell command interface to the
        !            52: .Xr syslog  3
        !            53: system log module.
        !            54: .Pp
        !            55: Options:
        !            56: .Pp
        !            57: .Bl -tag -width "message"
        !            58: .It Fl i
        !            59: Log the process id of the logger process
        !            60: with each line.
        !            61: .It Fl s
        !            62: Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
        !            63: .It Fl f Ar file
        !            64: Log the specified file.
        !            65: .It Fl p Ar pri
        !            66: Enter the message with the specified priority.
        !            67: The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
        !            68: pair.
        !            69: For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
        !            70: .Ar info Ns rmational
        !            71: level in the
        !            72: .Ar local3
        !            73: facility.
        !            74: The default is ``user.notice.''
        !            75: .It Fl t Ar tag
        !            76: Mark every line in the log with the specified
        !            77: .Ar tag  .
        !            78: .It Ar message
        !            79: Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
        !            80: .Fl f
        !            81: flag is not
        !            82: provided, standard input is logged.
        !            83: .El
        !            84: .Pp
        !            85: The
        !            86: .Nm logger
        !            87: utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !            88: .Sh EXAMPLES
        !            89: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
        !            90: logger System rebooted
        !            91:
        !            92: logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
        !            93: .Ed
        !            94: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            95: .Xr syslog 3 ,
        !            96: .Xr syslogd 8
        !            97: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            98: The
        !            99: .Nm logger
        !           100: utility conforms to
        !           101: .St -p1003.2-92 .