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        !            18: .\"     @(#)logger.1   6.6 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt LOGGER 1
        !            22: .Os BSD 4.3
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm logger
        !            25: .Nd make entries in the system log
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm logger
        !            28: .Op Fl is
        !            29: .Op Fl f Ar file
        !            30: .Op Fl p Ar pri
        !            31: .Op Fl t Ar tag
        !            32: .Op Ar message ...
        !            33: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            34: .Nm Logger
        !            35: provides a shell command interface to the
        !            36: .Xr syslog  3
        !            37: system log module.
        !            38: .Pp
        !            39: Options:
        !            40: .Pp
        !            41: .Tw Fl
        !            42: .Tp Fl i
        !            43: Log the process id of the logger process
        !            44: with each line.
        !            45: .Tp Fl s
        !            46: Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
        !            47: .Tc Fl f
        !            48: .Ws
        !            49: .Ar file
        !            50: .Cx
        !            51: Log the specified file.
        !            52: .Tc Fl p
        !            53: .Ws
        !            54: .Ar pri
        !            55: .Cx
        !            56: Enter the message with the specified priority.
        !            57: The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
        !            58: pair.
        !            59: For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
        !            60: .Sf Ar info rmational
        !            61: level in the
        !            62: .Ar local3
        !            63: facility.
        !            64: The default is ``user.notice.''
        !            65: .Tc Fl t
        !            66: .Ws
        !            67: .Ar tag
        !            68: .Cx
        !            69: Mark every line in the log with the specified
        !            70: .Ar tag  .
        !            71: .Tp Ar message
        !            72: Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
        !            73: .Fl f
        !            74: flag is not
        !            75: provided, standard input is logged.
        !            76: .Tp
        !            77: .Pp
        !            78: The
        !            79: .Nm logger
        !            80: utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !            81: .Sh EXAMPLES
        !            82: .Pp
        !            83: .Dl logger System rebooted
        !            84: .Pp
        !            85: .Dl logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
        !            86: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            87: .Xr syslog 3 ,
        !            88: .Xr syslogd 8
        !            89: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            90: The logger function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.

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