Inetutils-logger (1) Linux Manual Page

GNU Network Utilities

NAME

logger – make entries in the system log

logger [options … ] [message … ]

logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module.

-4, -ipv4: Use IPv4 to connect to hosts.
-6, -ipv6: Use IPv6 to connect to hosts.
-S , -source ip: Set source IP address.
-h , -host host: Log to host instead of to the default /dev/log
-u , -unix sock: Log to UNIX socket sock instead of /dev/log
-i , -id [pid ]: Log the process id of the logger process with each line.
-s , -stderr: Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
-f , -file file: Log the specified file.
-p , -priority pri: Enter the message with the specified priority. The priority may be specified numerically or as a "facility.level" pair. For example, "-p local3.info" logs the message(s) as info rmational level in the local3 facility. The default is "user.notice."
-t , -tag tag: Mark every line in the log with the specified tag
–usage: Display a short usage message.
-?, -help: Display a help list.
-V, -version: Display program version.
message: Write the message to log; if not specified, and the –f flag is not provided, standard input is logged.

The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

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

The logger command is expected to be St -p1003.2 compatible.