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